“the difference”

The following 4 entries include the term the difference.

split the difference

phrase

: to arrive at a compromise

make all the difference

idiom

: to be very important : to matter most or very much

tell the difference

idiom

: to see how two or more people or things are unlike each other

what's the difference?

idiom

used to ask how one thing is different from another


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