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make no difference

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variants: or not make any difference

Definition of make no difference

: to not cause any change : to be unimportant
  • "When would you like to leave?" "It makes no difference (to me)."
  • The weather didn't make any difference in our plans.

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make play

  1. : behave, act

  2. : to begin or seem to begin (an action)

  3. : to cause to happen to or be experienced by someone

  1. : the manner or style in which a thing is constructed

  2. : brand

  3. : the physical, mental, or moral constitution of a person

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difference play

  1. : the quality or state of being dissimilar or different

  2. : an instance of being unlike or distinct in nature, form, or quality

  3. : a characteristic that distinguishes one from another or from the average

  1. : differentiate, distinguish

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