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Meanings of difference in English

Spanish
conjunto diferencia
Catalan
diferència
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Set theory.

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conjunto diferencia
Russian
разница
Portuguese
diferença
Spanish
desviación
Catalan
divergència

Philosophical concept; set of properties by which one entity is distinguished from another.

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разница
Portuguese
controvérsia
Catalan
querella
Spanish
discusión

A disagreement or argument about something important.

controvérsia
Portuguese
diferença
Catalan
diferència
Spanish
diferencia

The quality of being unlike or dissimilar.

diferença
Usage of difference in English
1
No difference was found according to return to work 1 year postsurgery.
Pubmed
2
However, there is a major difference between land expropriation and land reform.
The South African
3
However, no significant difference in the patients with standard risk was found.
Pubmed
4
Either case, it is borne out of our inherent belief in 'difference'.
Reuters
5
Any good trade is started with a difference of opinion, Tilly added.
Reuters
6
There was no difference in serious adverse events according to treatment category.
Pubmed
7
Results: No significant difference among groove types was observed regarding size parameters.
Pubmed
8
This is not the result of state policy, but a cultural difference.
Radio NZ
9
You know, sometimes I plum forget there's twenty years' difference between us.
Pinball, 1973
10
Unfortunately, hooks's statements provoke, without creating space for difference or substantive debate.
The Guardian
11
But by 2006 the situation had changed, and the difference was money.
Country driving: a journey through china from farm to factory
12
The other vast difference today is the position of the emerging economies.
A journey: my political life
13
But the new French leader also looks likely to make a difference.
The Guardian
14
Trump said he didn't think the two countries had difference on Iran.
The Guardian
15
The major difference is that you see the animals coming to you.
The South African
16
There is always a question of whether petitions really make a difference.
The Guardian
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Difference through the time
Difference across language varieties
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