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difference

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of difference

1 the quality or state of being different

  • there's a great difference between claiming to care about the environment and living like you really do
Synonyms of difference

contrast, disagreement, discrepancy, disparateness, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distance, distinction, distinctiveness, distinctness, diverseness, diversity, otherness, unlikeness
Words Related to difference

deviance, divergence

differentiability, discriminability, distinguishability

change, modification, variation

conflict, discord, discordance, dissension (also dissention), dissent, dissidence, disunity, friction, strife

variability, variance

anomalousness, dichotomy, incompatibility, incongruence, incongruity, incongruousness, nonconformity

disproportion, imbalance, inequality, nonequivalence
Near Antonyms of difference

identicalness, identity

accordance, agreement, conformity, congruity, correspondence, parallelism, similitude

equality, equivalence, equivalency

homogeneity, homogeneousness, uniformity
Antonyms of difference

alikeness, analogousness, analogy, community, likeness, resemblance, sameness, similarity

2 variance of opinion on a matter

  • we must try to settle our differences without fighting
Synonyms of difference

contestation, controversy, debate, difficulty, disagreement, disputation, dispute, dissension (also dissention), dissensus, firestorm, nonconcurrence
Words Related to difference

clash, collision, conflict, confliction, disaccord, discord, dissonance

apartness, divarication, division

combat, contention, strife, struggle

altercation, argument, bicker, falling-out, fight, kickup, misunderstanding, quarrel, set-to
Near Antonyms of difference

acceptance, compliance

concord, peace
Antonyms of difference

accord, agreement, consensus, harmony, unanimity

3 the act, process, or result of making different

  • it wonʼt make any difference which one you choose
Synonyms of difference

alteration, change, modification, redoing, refashioning, remaking, remodeling, revamping, review, revise, revision, reworking, variation
Words Related to difference

amendment, correction, rectification, reform

conversion, deformation, distortion, metamorphosis, mutation, transfiguration, transformation

fluctuation, oscillation, shift

displacement, replacement, substitution

adjustment, modulation, regulation, tweak

redesign, redo
Antonyms of difference

fixation, stabilization

difference

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of difference

to understand or point out the difference in

  • people who cannot difference God's will from their own selfish desires and prejudices
Synonyms of difference

differentiate, discern, discriminate, distinguish, secern, separate
Words Related to difference

contradistinguish

comprehend, grasp, know, understand

divide, part, sever

demarcate, mark (off), set off
Near Antonyms of difference

confound, lump (together), mingle
Antonyms of difference

confuse, mistake, mix (up)

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