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difference

[dif-er-uhns, dif-ruhns] / ˈdɪf ər əns, ˈdɪf rəns /




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Tammy Gerber of local campaign group Buses4Us said the difference between capped and uncapped fares could run to £1,200 a year for someone commuting five days a week in the county.

From BBC Sep. 23, 2026

For severe to profound intellectual disability, the difference was even larger, with the risk rising as much as 30 fold.

From Science Daily Sep. 23, 2026

There’s a difference between being able to afford something and being able to afford it comfortably.

From MarketWatch Sep. 23, 2026

"Bristol has always been open to difference; that's established in the culture of the city."

From BBC Sep. 23, 2026

But in every photo, they were smiling and laughing as if there wasn’t an inch of difference between them.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

Similarly, Amodei called on nations to put aside their differences to confront the “global threat” of AI misuse.

From MarketWatch Sep. 23, 2026

Was the prime minister a man you can do business with, I asked the president, given your political differences?

From BBC Sep. 23, 2026

Scientists call this type of organism a cryptic species, meaning it looks very similar to related species despite having significant genetic differences.

From Science Daily Sep. 22, 2026

The meeting marked the third sit-down between the two leaders, who have developed a cordial in-person rapport despite their political differences.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 21, 2026

Adams was distinctive, however, for his tendency to regard even serious political and ideological differences as eminently negotiable once elemental bonds of personal trust and affection were established.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

When you are dead, and stand to me Not differenced, as now, But like again, will you be cold As when we lived, or how?

From Washington Post Jan. 27, 2016

If a second map of the exact same area is acquired when there is no snow, the two surfaces can be differenced to produce a snow depth map.

From Scientific American Apr. 10, 2012

"David is a point of differenced player and we are looking forward to him making an impact at the breakdown," the Australia forwards coach, Jim Williams, said.

From The Guardian Jul. 23, 2010

The echo of the Karstark sunburst was there for those who cared to look, but differenced to make the arms appropriate for House Thenn.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

The crest of a cadet is often differenced like the arms, and thus a wyver or a leopard will have a label about its neck.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

By differencing the NH and SH they magnify the effect. 

From New York Times Sep. 22, 2010

The arms borne in the usual manner were often surrounded with a bordure to indicate bastardy; of this mode of differencing several examples are furnished in the arms of existing peers descended from royalty.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower

This is the earliest specimen of differencing I have met with.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower

Rules of general enunciation made false in the applying, by the inability of perceiving in the instance the differencing conditions which qualify the rule, or suspend it.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 by Various

An interesting example of early differencing is cited by Sir Harris Nicolas, in his ‘Roll of Carlaverok.’

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower




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