Dictionary entry details
• DIFFERENCE (noun)
Meaning:
The quality of being unlike or dissimilar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
there are many differences between jazz and rock
Hypernyms ("difference" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Attribute:
different (unlike in nature or quality or form or degree)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "difference"):
distinctness; otherness; separateness (the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known)
inequality (lack of equality)
change; variety (a difference that is usually pleasant)
dissimilarity; unsimilarity (the quality of being dissimilar)
disagreement; discrepancy; divergence; variance (a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions)
distinction (a distinguishing difference)
differentia (distinguishing characteristics (especially in different species of a genus))
differential (a quality that differentiates between similar things)
Antonym:
sameness (the quality of being alike)
Meaning:
A variation that deviates from the standard or norm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
deviation; departure; difference; divergence
Context example:
the deviation from the mean
Hypernyms ("difference" is a kind of...):
fluctuation; variation (an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "difference"):
discrepancy; variance; variant (an event that departs from expectations)
driftage (the deviation (by a vessel or aircraft) from its intended course due to drifting)
flection; flexion; inflection (deviation from a straight or normal course)
Meaning:
A disagreement or argument about something important
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
difference of opinion; dispute; difference; conflict
Context examples:
he had a dispute with his wife / there were irreconcilable differences / the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats
Hypernyms ("difference" is a kind of...):
disagreement (the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "difference"):
dustup; quarrel; row; run-in; words; wrangle (an angry dispute)
gap (a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations)
arguing; argument; contention; contestation; controversy; disceptation; disputation; tilt (a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement)
collision (a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals)
Meaning:
A significant change
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Context examples:
the difference in her is amazing / his support made a real difference
Hypernyms ("difference" is a kind of...):
change (a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event)
Meaning:
The number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
remainder; difference
Hypernyms ("difference" is a kind of...):
number (a concept of quantity derived from zero and units)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "difference"):
balance (the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account)
