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difference
Overview of noun difference
The noun difference has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (77) difference -- (the quality of being unlike or dissimilar; "there are many differences between jazz and rock")
2. (16) deviation, divergence, departure, difference -- (a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean")
3. (2) dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict -- (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")
4. (1) difference -- (a significant change; "the difference in her is amazing"; "his support made a real difference")
5. remainder, difference -- (the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun difference
5 senses of difference
Sense 1
difference
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
deviation, divergence, departure, difference
=> variation, fluctuation
=> change, alteration, modification
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict
=> disagreement
=> speech act
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
difference
=> change
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
remainder, difference
=> number
=> definite quantity
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun difference
4 of 5 senses of difference
Sense 1
difference
=> otherness, distinctness, separateness
=> differential
=> differentia
=> distinction
=> discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance
=> dissimilarity, unsimilarity
=> variety, change
=> inequality
Sense 2
deviation, divergence, departure, difference
=> discrepancy, variance, variant
=> driftage
=> inflection, flection, flexion
Sense 3
dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict
=> collision
=> controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing
=> gap
=> quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup
Sense 5
remainder, difference
=> balance
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun difference
5 senses of difference
Sense 1
difference
=> quality
Sense 2
deviation, divergence, departure, difference
=> variation, fluctuation
Sense 3
dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict
=> disagreement
Sense 4
difference
=> change
Sense 5
remainder, difference
=> number
Antonyms of noun difference
1 of 5 senses of difference
Sense 1
difference
Antonym of sameness (Sense 1)
=>sameness
Member Holonyms of noun difference
Substance Holonyms of noun difference
Part Holonyms of noun difference
Member Meronyms of noun difference
Substance Meronyms of noun difference
Part Meronyms of noun difference
Meronyms of noun difference
Holonyms of noun difference
Attributes of noun difference
1 of 5 senses of difference
Sense 1
difference
=> different (vs. same)
Derived Forms of noun difference
4 of 5 senses of difference
Sense 1
difference
RELATED TO>(adj) differential#1
=> differential
RELATED TO>(adj) different#4
=> unlike, dissimilar, different
RELATED TO>(adj) different#1
=> different
RELATED TO>(verb) differentiate#2
=> distinguish, mark, differentiate
RELATED TO>(verb) differentiate#1
=> distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
RELATED TO>(verb) differentiate#4
=> differentiate
RELATED TO>(verb) differentiate#6
=> differentiate
RELATED TO>(verb) differ#1
=> differ
Sense 2
deviation, divergence, departure, difference
RELATED TO>(verb) differentiate#2
=> distinguish, mark, differentiate
RELATED TO>(verb) differentiate#1
=> distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
RELATED TO>(verb) differentiate#6
=> differentiate
Sense 3
dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict
RELATED TO>(verb) differ#2
=> disagree, differ, dissent, take issue
Sense 4
difference
RELATED TO>(adj) differential#1
=> differential
RELATED TO>(verb) differentiate#4
=> differentiate
RELATED TO>(verb) differentiate#6
=> differentiate
Domain of noun difference
Domain Terms of noun difference
Familiarity of noun difference
difference used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun difference
5 senses of difference
Sense 1
difference
> quality
=> appearance, visual aspect
=> attraction, attractiveness
=> clearness, clarity, uncloudedness
=> opacity, opaqueness
=> divisibility
=> ease, easiness, simplicity, simpleness
=> difficulty, difficultness
=> combustibility, combustibleness, burnability
=> suitability, suitableness
=> arability
=> impressiveness
=> navigability
=> neediness
=> painfulness, distressingness
=> piquancy, piquance, piquantness
=> publicity
=> spinnability
=> unsuitability, unsuitableness, ineptness
=> protectiveness
=> nature
=> humanness, humanity, manhood
=> air, aura, atmosphere
=> excellence
=> ultimate
=> characteristic
=> salability, salableness
=> changeableness, changeability
=> changelessness, unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness
=> sameness
=> difference
=> certainty, sure thing, foregone conclusion
=> probability
=> uncertainty, uncertainness, precariousness
=> factuality, factualness
=> counterfactuality
=> materiality, physicalness, corporeality, corporality
=> immateriality, incorporeality
=> particularity, specialness
=> generality
=> simplicity, simpleness
=> complexity, complexness
=> regularity
=> irregularity, unregularity
=> mobility
=> immobility
=> pleasantness, sweetness
=> unpleasantness
=> credibility, credibleness, believability
=> incredibility, incredibleness
=> logicality, logicalness
=> illogicality, illogicalness, illogic, inconsequence
=> naturalness
=> unnaturalness
=> virtu, vertu
=> wholesomeness
=> unwholesomeness, morbidness, morbidity
=> satisfactoriness
=> unsatisfactoriness
=> ordinariness, mundaneness, mundanity
=> extraordinariness
=> ethnicity
=> foreignness, strangeness, curiousness
=> nativeness
=> originality
=> unoriginality
=> correctness, rightness
=> incorrectness, wrongness
=> accuracy, truth
=> accuracy
=> inaccuracy
=> distinction
=> popularity
=> unpopularity
=> lawfulness
=> unlawfulness
=> elegance
=> elegance
=> inelegance
=> urbanity
=> comprehensibility, understandability
=> expressiveness
=> incomprehensibility
=> humaneness
=> inhumaneness, inhumanity
=> morality
=> immorality
=> amorality
=> divinity
=> holiness, sanctity, sanctitude
=> ideality
=> unholiness
=> parental quality
=> fidelity, faithfulness
=> infidelity, unfaithfulness
=> sophistication, worldliness, mundaneness, mundanity
=> naivete, naivety, naiveness
=> penetrability, perviousness
=> impenetrability, imperviousness
=> soapiness
=> fibrosity, fibrousness
=> directivity, directiveness
=> extremeness
=> stuffiness, closeness
=> sufficiency, adequacy
=> worth
=> worthlessness, ineptitude
=> good, goodness
=> bad, badness
=> fruitfulness, fecundity
=> fruitlessness, aridity, barrenness
=> utility, usefulness
=> inutility, uselessness, unusefulness
=> asset, plus
=> constructiveness
=> destructiveness
=> positivity, positiveness, positivism
=> negativity, negativeness, negativism
=> occidentalism
=> orientalism
=> power, powerfulness
=> ability
=> powerlessness, impotence, impotency
=> inability, unfitness
=> romanticism, romance
=> domesticity
=> infiniteness, infinitude, unboundedness, boundlessness, limitlessness
=> finiteness, finitude, boundedness
=> quantifiability, measurability
=> solubility
=> insolubility
=> stuff
=> hot stuff, voluptuousness
=> humor, humour
=> pathos, poignancy
=> tone
=> brachycephaly, brachycephalism
=> dolichocephaly, dolichocephalism
=> relativity
=> responsiveness
=> unresponsiveness, deadness
=> subjectivism
=> snootiness
=> ulteriority
=> memorability
=> woodiness, woodsiness
=> waxiness
Sense 2
deviation, divergence, departure, difference
> variation, fluctuation
=> vicissitude
=> allomerism
=> deviation, divergence, departure, difference
=> substitution, permutation, transposition, replacement, switch
=> business cycle, trade cycle
=> daily variation
=> diurnal variation
=> tide
Sense 3
dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict
> disagreement
=> confrontation, encounter, showdown, face-off
=> dissidence
=> dissent
=> nonconformity
=> discord, dissension
=> dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict
Sense 4
difference
> change
=> difference
=> gradient
Sense 5
remainder, difference
> number
=> arity
=> coordinate, co-ordinate
=> pagination, folio, page number, paging
=> decimal
=> constant
=> oxidation number, oxidation state
=> cardinality
=> count
=> factor
=> Fibonacci number
=> prime, prime quantity
=> composite number
=> score
=> record
=> compound number
=> ordinal number, ordinal, no.
=> cardinal number, cardinal
=> base, radix
=> floating-point number
=> fixed-point number
=> atomic number
=> baryon number
=> quota
=> linage, lineage
=> natural number
=> integer, whole number
=> addend
=> augend
=> minuend
=> subtrahend
=> remainder, difference
=> complex number, complex quantity, imaginary number, imaginary
=> square, second power
=> cube, third power
=> biquadrate, biquadratic, quartic, fourth power
=> root
=> dividend
=> divisor
=> quotient
=> remainder
=> multiplier, multiplier factor
=> multiplicand
Meronyms of noun difference
5 senses of difference
Holonyms of noun difference
Grep of noun difference
difference
difference limen
difference of opinion
difference threshold
indifference
just-noticeable difference
potential difference
rank-difference correlation
rank-difference correlation coefficient
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