a difference of opinion

idiom

: lack of agreement

There seems to be a difference of opinion about what we should do next.

Examples of a difference of opinion in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The stark divide owed in part to a difference of opinion about the role of corporate profiteering in the pandemic-era bout of inflation, as well as a clash over the effectiveness of government intervention in addressing it. —

Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2024 When the only difference between truth and fiction is a difference of opinion on the left or the right. —

Tribune News Service, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2024 There was a difference of opinion between how Mahito would slice and dig his blade into the fish. —

Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024 Dear Amy: My wife and I have a difference of opinion regarding our 20-year-old daughter. —

Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for a difference of opinion

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