| 单词 | difference |
| 释义 | difference (once / 58 pages) 1n 2n Difference is a word for things that are not the same. Identical twins have few if any differences in appearance. If you dye your hair green, everyone is going to notice a huge difference. People often have differences of opinion. No two people are alike, so there are all kinds of differences between individuals. In math, a difference is the remainder left after subtracting one number from another. Chimps and gorillas are both apes, but there are a lot of differences between them. If something doesn't really change an outcome, you can say, "It makes no difference." WORD FAMILYdifference: differences, differential, differentiate+/differ: differed, different, differing, differs/different: difference, differently, indifferent/differential: differentially, differentials/differentiate: dedifferentiate, differentiable, differentiated, differentiates, differentiating, differentiation, differentiator/differentiated: dedifferentiated, undifferentiated/differentiation: dedifferentiation, differentiations/indifference: indifferences/indifferent: indifference, indifferenter, indifferently USAGE EXAMPLESThis applies, too, to bestselling books, but the difference is that books often sell well for peculiar and unique reasons. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Some academic research suggests there is little difference between the shopping behavior of men and women when buying wine. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) The difference between life and death might be determined by a delay of only 100 milliseconds in response time. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n the quality of being unlike or dissimilar there are many differences between jazz and rock Ant|Hypo|Hyper sameness the quality of being alike distinctness, otherness, separateness the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known differentiala quality that differentiates between similar things differentiadistinguishing characteristics (especially in different species of a genus) distinctiona distinguishing difference disagreement, discrepancy, divergence, variancea difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions dissimilarity, unsimilaritythe quality of being dissimilar change, varietya difference that is usually pleasant inequalitylack of equality allowance, leeway, margin, tolerancea permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits disparateness, distinctivenessutter dissimilarity heterology(biology) the lack of correspondence of apparently similar body parts dissimilitude, unlikenessdissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness nonuniformitythe quality of being diverse and interesting nonequivalencenot interchangeable disparityinequality or difference in some respect unevennessthe quality of being unbalanced quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone 2n a significant change the difference in her is amazing his support made a real difference Hyper change a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event 3n a variation that deviates from the standard or norm Syn|Hypo|Hyper departure, deviation, divergence discrepancy, variance, variant an event that departs from expectations driftagethe deviation (by a vessel or aircraft) from its intended course due to drifting flection, flexion, inflectiondeviation from a straight or normal course fluctuation, variation an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change 4n a disagreement or argument about something important 2there were irreconcilable differences Syn|Hypo|Hyper conflict, difference of opinion, dispute collision a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals arguing, argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilta contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement gapa difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations dustup, quarrel, row, run-in, words, wranglean angry dispute argle-bargle, argy-bargya verbal dispute; a wrangling argument firestorman outburst of controversy sparringan argument in which the participants are trying to gain some advantage polemica controversy (especially over a belief or dogma) generation gapa difference between the views of young people and their parents fightan intense verbal dispute affray, altercation, fracasnoisy quarrel bicker, bickering, fuss, pettifoggery, spat, squabble, tiffa quarrel about petty points bust-upa serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship) disagreement the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing n the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend Syn|Hypo|Hyper remainder balance the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account balance of trade, trade balance, trade gap, visible balancethe difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of merchandise carry-forward, carry-overthe accumulated and undivided profits of a corporation after provision has been made for dividends and reserves compensating balance, offsetting balancea minimum credit balance that a bank may require a borrower to keep on deposit as a condition for granting a loan; a common requirement for establishing a line of credit at a bank invisible balancethe difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of services and payments of property incomes number a concept of quantity involving zero and units |
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