difference

Nouns

  • (n) the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
    • there are many differences between jazz and rock
  • (n) a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
    • the deviation from the mean
    deviation, departure, divergence,
  • (n) a disagreement or argument about something important
    • he had a dispute with his wife
    • there were irreconcilable differences
    • the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats
    difference of opinion, dispute, conflict,
  • (n) a significant change
    • the difference in her is amazing
    • his support made a real difference
  • (n) the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend remainder,

Synonyms

deviation departure divergence difference of opinion dispute conflict remainder

Antonyms

sameness

Words of close approximity

different
difference limen difference of opinion difference threshold