/ˈdɪfrəns/
Translation
The way in which two things are not the same.
Word origin
From Latin differentia, from differre meaning to carry apart or to be unlike.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- differentia
- English cognates
- different, defer
Grammar
Examples
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"The difference between A and B" is the usual pattern.
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"Differences" is the plural, for more than one way of not matching.
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"Make a difference" means to change something for the better.
Used in
Grammar articles
(23)Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
Advanced articles in English: the zero article, the with names and places, and go to school vs go to the school
Articles in English: a, an, the and the zero article
Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
Countable and uncountable nouns in English: advice, information, news and the ones you simply have to learn
Ellipsis and substitution in English: I think so, neither do I, and the words you are allowed to leave out
Future continuous and future perfect in English: will be doing vs will have done
Future tense in English: will, going to and more explained
Gerund and infinitive: which verb form comes next?
Hedging and vague language in English: sort of, a bit, -ish, stuff and or so
Indirect questions in English: Could you tell me where the station is, and the word order that goes with it
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Linking words in English: however, although, despite, whereas and therefore
Modal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
Nominalisation in English: arrive becomes arrival, decide becomes decision, and why written English turns actions into things
Advanced passive structures in English: the get-passive, it is said that, and passives with two objects
Past continuous tense: was and were plus -ing, and when to use it instead of the past simple
Present continuous tense: form, spelling and uses
Present perfect continuous: have been doing, and how it differs from the present perfect
Quantifiers in English: some, any, much, many and more
Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns in English: myself, yourself, each other, and when English does not bother
So, such, too and enough in English: words of degree and result
Wish and if only in English: wish + past, wish + past perfect, wish + would, and why I wish I would is wrong
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