different between difference vs jar

English

Etymology

From Middle English difference, from Old French difference, from Latin differentia (“difference”), from differ?ns (“different”), present participle of differre. Doublet of differentia.

Morphologically differ +? -ence.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?f??n(t)s/
• (rare) IPA^(key): /?d?f???n(t)s/
• Hyphenation: diffe?rence, dif?fer?ence

Noun

difference (countable and uncountable, plural differences)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being different.

   Antonyms: identity, sameness

2. (countable) A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.

3. (countable) A disagreement or argument.

   We have our little differences, but we are firm friends.

   • 1714, Thomas Ellwood, The History of the Life of Thomas Ellwood: written by his own hand

     Away therefore went I with the constable, leaving the old warden and the young constable to compose their difference as they could.

4. (countable, uncountable) Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
   • 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

     The line of the horizon was clear and hard against the sky, and in one particular quarter it showed black against a silvery climbing phosphorescence that grew and grew. At last, over the rim of the waiting earth the moon lifted with slow majesty till it swung clear of the horizon and rode off, free of moorings; and once more they began to see surfaces—meadows wide-spread, and quiet gardens, and the river itself from bank to bank, all softly disclosed, all washed clean of mystery and terror, all radiant again as by day, but with a difference that was tremendous.

6. (countable) The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.

   The difference between 3 and 21 is 18.

7. (obsolete) Choice; preference.
8. (heraldry) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be the same. See augmentation and cadency.
9. (logic) The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
10. (logic circuits) A Boolean operation which is TRUE when the two input variables are different but is otherwise FALSE; the XOR operation (${\displaystyle \scriptstyle A{\overline {B}}+{\overline {A}}B}$).
11. (relational algebra) the set of elements that are in one set but not another (${\displaystyle \scriptstyle A{\overline {B}}}$).

Synonyms

• (characteristic of something that makes it different from something else): departure, deviation, divergence, disparity
• (disagreement or argument about something important): conflict, difference of opinion, dispute, dissension
• (result of a subtraction): remainder
• (significant change in state): nevermind

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total)
• subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference)
• multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
• division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend

Verb

difference (third-person singular simple present differences, present participle differencing, simple past and past participle differenced)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To distinguish or differentiate.
   • 1672 Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions

     This simple spectation of the lungs is differenced from that which concomitates a pleurisy.

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Synonyms

• (to distinguish or differentiate): differentiate, distinguish

Translations

Related terms

Further reading

• difference in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• difference in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• differens, defference, defferense, dyfferens

Etymology

From Old French difference, from Latin differ?ntia; equivalent to differren (“to postpone”) +? -ence.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dif?r?ns(?)/, /di?f?r?ns(?)/

Noun

difference (plural differences or difference)

1. Difference; the state of being different.
2. A difference; an element which separates.
3. Distinguishment; the finding or creation of dissimilarity.
4. (heraldry, rare) A heraldic cadency for a family's junior branch.
5. (mathematics, rare) The result of subtraction; an amount left over.
6. (mathematics, rare) An order in decimal representation of numbers.
7. (rare) Something that people do not agree upon.

Descendants

• English: difference
• Scots: difference

References

• “difference, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-31.

Old French

Alternative forms

• differance

Etymology

From Latin differentia.

Noun

difference f (oblique plural differences, nominative singular difference, nominative plural differences)

1. difference

Descendants

• ? Middle English: difference, differens, defference, defferense, dyfferens
  • English: difference
  • Scots: difference
• French: différence

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: jär
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d???/, [d????(?)]
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /d???/, [d????]
  • (General Australian) IPA^(key): /d???/, [d????(?)]
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Etymology 1

From Middle English jarre (“jar”), from Medieval Latin jarra, or from Middle French jarre (“liquid measure”) (from Old French jare; modern French jarre (“earthenware jar”)), or from Spanish jarra, jarro (“jug, pitcher; mug, stein”), all from Arabic ??????? (jarra, “earthen receptacle”).

The word is cognate with Italian giara (“jar; crock”), Occitan jarro, Portuguese jarra, jarro (“jug; ewer, pitcher”).

The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

jar (plural jars)

1. (originally) An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial. [from late 16th c.]
3. A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.

   Synonyms: cruse, pot
4. A jar and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• jamjar
• jarful

Related terms

• jorum (possibly related)

Translations

Verb

jar (third-person singular simple present jars, present participle jarring, simple past and past participle jarred)

1. (transitive) To preserve (food) in a jar.

   Synonym: bottle

Translations

Etymology 2

Perhaps imitative; the noun is derived from the verb.

Noun

jar (countable and uncountable, plural jars)

1. (countable) A clashing or discordant set of sounds, particularly with a quivering or vibrating quality.
2. (countable, also figuratively) A quivering or vibrating movement or sensation resulting from something being shaken or struck.

   Synonym: jolt
3. (countable, by extension) A sense of alarm or dismay.
4. (countable) The effect of something contradictory or discordant; a clash.
5. (countable, now rare) A disagreement, a dispute, a quarrel; (uncountable) contention, discord; quarrelling.

Verb

jar (third-person singular simple present jars, present participle jarring, simple past and past participle jarred)

1. (transitive) To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement.
2. (transitive) To harm or injure by such action.
3. (transitive, figuratively) To shock or surprise.

4. (transitive, figuratively) To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel.
5. (transitive, intransitive) To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly.
6. (intransitive) To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck.
7. (intransitive, figuratively) Of the appearance, form, style, etc., of people and things: to look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.

Derived terms

• jarring (adjective)

Translations

Notes

References

Further reading

• jar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• JRA, Raj, ajr, raj

Blagar

Noun

jar

1. water

References

• Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 177

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?jar]

Noun

jar

1. genitive plural of jaro

North Frisian

Pronoun

jar

1. them
2. their

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

jar m (definite singular jaren, indefinite plural jarer, definite plural jarene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by jare

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

jar m (definite singular jaren, indefinite plural jarar, definite plural jarane)

1. alternative form of jare

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *j?r

Noun

j?r n

1. year

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: jâer
  • Dutch: jaar
    • Afrikaans: jaar
    • ? Sranan Tongo: yari
  • Limburgish: jaor
  • West Flemish: joar

Further reading

• “j?r”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Frisian

Noun

j?r n

1. Alternative form of j?r (“year”)

Inflection

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *j?r, from Proto-Germanic *j?r?, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh?-.

Noun

j?r n

1. year

Descendants

• Middle High German: j?r
  • Alemannic German: Jòòr, Jààr

    Swabian: Joar, Johr

    Sathmar Swabian: Johr

  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: djar

    Mòcheno: jor

  • Central Franconian: Johr

    Hunsrik: Joher

  • German: Jahr
  • Luxembourgish: Joer
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: Yaahr

  • Vilamovian: jür
  • Yiddish: ????? (yor)

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• g?r

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *j?r, from Proto-Germanic *j?r?, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh?-.

Noun

j?r n

1. year

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: jâr, jaer
  • German Low German: Jahr, Johr

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jar/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *jar?.

Noun

jar m inan

1. (archaic) spring (season)

Declension

Related terms

• (adjectives) jary, jarowy

Etymology 2

From Ukrainian ?? (jar), from a Turkic language.

Noun

jar m inan

1. (geography) ravine, canyon

Declension

Related terms

• (adjective) jarowy

Further reading

• jar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žar?.

Noun

jar n (plural jaruri)

1. burning coals
2. intense heat, fire, glow

Synonyms

• (intense heat): ar?i??, dogoare, c?ldur? mare

Derived terms

• jari?te

See also

• c?rbune
• foc

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jar?, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh?ros, from *yeh?r-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jâ?r/

Noun

j?r m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. (archaic, Croatia) spring
2. swelter, intense heat (also figuratively)

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:jar.

Semai

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *?ar? (“quick; to run”).

Verb

jar

1. to run

Derived terms

• jerjar
• je'nar

See also

• deeq (“to run away”)

References

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jar?/*jaro, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh?ros, from *yeh?r-. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian ???/jar, dialectal Bulgarian and Russian ??? (jara). Non-Slavic cognates include Gothic ???????????? (j?r, “year”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?jar/

Noun

jar f (genitive singular jari, nominative plural jari, genitive plural jarí, declension pattern of kos?)

1. spring (season)

Declension

Derived terms

• jarný

See also

• (seasons) ro?né obdobie; jar, jese?, leto, zima ^{(Category: sk:Seasons)}

Further reading

• jar in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Somali

Verb

jar

1. to cut

Tz'utujil

Alternative forms

• ja

Article

jar

1. the