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{{also|différence}}
==English==
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===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰer-}}
From {{inh|en|enm|difference}}, from {{der|en|fro|difference}}, from {{der|en|la|differentia|t=difference}}, from {{m|la|differēns|t=different}}, present participle of {{m|la|differo|differre}}. {{doublet|en|differentia}}. Morphologically {{suffix|en|differ|ence|nocat=1}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈdɪf(ə)ɹəns/}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-difference.ogg|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|En-au-difference.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{hyph|en|diffe|rence}}, {{hyph|en|dif|fer|ence|nocaption=1}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|uncountable}} The quality of being [[different]].
#: {{ant|en|identity|sameness}}
#: {{ux|en|You need to learn to be more tolerant of '''difference'''.}}
# {{lb|en|countable}} A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
#: {{ux|en|There are three '''differences''' between these two pictures.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|title=Towards the end of poverty| date=2013-06-01| volume=407| issue=8838| page=11| magazine=w:The Economist| url=http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21578665-nearly-1-billion-people-have-been-taken-out-extreme-poverty-20-years-world-should-aim| passage=But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for '''differences''' in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.}}
# {{lb|en|countable}} A [[disagreement]] or [[argument]].
#: {{ux|en|We have our little '''differences''', but we are firm friends.}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Cymbeline|I|v|passage=What was the '''difference'''? It was a contention in public.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1714|author=w:Thomas Ellwood|title= The History of the Life of Thomas Ellwood: written by his own hand
|passage=Away therefore went I with the constable, leaving the old warden and the young constable to compose their '''difference''' as they could.}}
# {{lb|en|countable|uncountable}} Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
#: {{ux|en|It just won't make much '''difference''' to me.}}
#: {{ux|en|It just won't make much of a '''difference''' to anyone.}}
#* {{RQ:Grahame Wind in the Willows|passage=The line of the horizon was clear and hard against the sky, and in one particular quarter it showed black against a silvery climbing [[phosphorescence]] that grew and grew. At last, over the rim of the waiting earth the moon lifted with slow majesty till it swung clear of the horizon and rode off, free of [[moorings]]; and once more they began to see surfaces&mdash;meadows wide-spread, and quiet gardens, and the river itself from bank to bank, all softly [[disclosed]], all washed clean of mystery and terror, all radiant again as by day, but with a '''difference''' that was tremendous.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1967|author=w:Barbara Sleigh| title=w:Jessamy| year_published=1993| location=Sevenoaks, Kent| publisher=Bloomsbury| isbn=0 340 19547 9| page=105| passage=As she did so Fanny put down her book , stood up and stretched her arms, and at once Jessamy noticed a '''difference'''. It was the same Fanny but not the Fanny who climbed trees and tore her frock playing in the garden. It was as though a young lady film had settled over her, neatening her unruly hair, which was tied back with a large black bow, and primly composing her small mouth.}}
# {{senseid|en|subtraction}} {{lb|en|countable}} The result of a [[subtraction]]; sometimes the [[absolute value]] of this result.
#: {{ux|en|The '''difference''' between 3 and 21 is 18.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} Choice; preference.
#* {{RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene|book=II|canto=XII|passage=That now be chooseth with vile '''difference''' <br> To be a beast, and lack intelligence.}}
# {{lb|en|heraldry}} An addition to a [[coat of arms]] to distinguish two people's [[bearing]]s which would otherwise be the same. See {{m|en|augmentation}} and {{m|en|cadency}}.
# {{lb|en|logic}} The quality or attribute which is added to those of the [[genus]] to constitute a [[species]]; a [[differentia]].
# {{lb|en|logic circuits}} A [[Boolean]] operation which is [[true]] when the two input variables are different but is otherwise [[false]]; the [[XOR]] operation (<math>\scriptstyle A \overline B + \overline A B</math>).
# {{lb|en|relational algebra}} The [[set]] of [[element]]s that are in one set but not another (<math>\scriptstyle A \overline B</math>).

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|characteristic of something that makes it different from something else}} {{l|en|departure}}, {{l|en|deviation}}, {{l|en|divergence}}, {{l|en|disparity}}
* {{sense|disagreement or argument about something important}} {{l|en|conflict}}, {{l|en|difference of opinion}}, {{l|en|dispute}}, {{l|en|dissension}}
* {{sense|result of a subtraction}} {{l|en|remainder}}
* {{sense|significant change in state}} {{l|en|nevermind}}

====Derived terms====
{{col|en|antidifference|equidifference|photodifference|undifferenced|distinction without a difference|size difference
|creative differences|make the difference
|diff
|difference engine
|difference equation|age difference
|difference gate
|difference of two squares
|goal difference|nondifference|point of difference
|same difference
|split the difference
|spot the difference
|tell the difference
|world of difference
|as near as makes no difference|common difference|deflection difference|difference maker|difference quotient|difference set|difference-maker|difference-making|electric potential difference|finite difference|know the difference between one's ass and a hole in the ground|know the difference between one's ass and one's elbow|learning difference|make a difference|make all the difference|mass difference|potential difference|set-theoretic difference|symmetric difference|time difference|vive la difference|what's the difference}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|quality of being different}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|ndryshim|m}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|فَرْق|m}}, {{t|ar|اِخْتِلَاف|m}}, {{t|ar|تَفَاوُت|m}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|فرق|m|tr=farg}}, {{t|acw|اختلاف|m|tr=iḵtilāf}}
*: Moroccan Arabic: {{t|ary|فْرق|m|tr=frəq}}
*: South Levantine Arabic: {{t|ajp|فارق|tr=fāreq}}, {{t|ajp|فرق|tr=farq}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|տարբերություն}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|fərq}}, {{t|az|təfavüt}}
* Baluchi: {{t|bal|پرک|tr=park}}, {{t|bal|فرق|tr=farq}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|айырма}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|ро́зніца|f}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|পার্থক্য}}, {{t+|bn|তফাত}}
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|अंतर}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|разлика|f}}, {{t|bg|различност}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ခြားနားချက်}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|diferència|f}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|kalahian}}
* Chechen: {{t|ce|башхо}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|差別|tr=chābié}}, {{t+|cmn|差異|tr=chāyì}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|farq}}, {{t|crh|ayırma}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|rozdíl|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|forskel|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|verschil|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|malsameco}}, {{t|eo|diferenco}}, {{t-check|eo|malsamo}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|erinevus}}
* Ewe: {{t|ee|vovototo}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|munur|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|erilaisuus}}
* French: {{t+|fr|différence|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|diferenza|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|განსხვავებულობა}}
* German: {{t+|de|Unterschied|m}}, {{t+|de|Unterscheidung|f}}, {{t+|de|Andersartigkeit|f}}, {{t|de|Anderssein|n}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|διαφορά|f}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|διαφορά|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|שוני|m|tr=shoni}}, {{t+|he|הבדל|m|tr=hevdel}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|फ़र्क़|m}}, {{t+|hi|अंतर|m}}, {{t+|hi|भेद|m}}, {{t+|hi|प्रभेद|m}}, {{t+|hi|इख्तिलाफ|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|különbség}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|munur|m}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|difero}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|beda|alt=perbedaan}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|difear|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|differenza|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|違い|tr=ちがい, chigai}}, {{t+|ja|差異|tr=さい, sai}}
* Kannada: {{t+|kn|ವ್ಯತ್ಯಾಸ}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|айырма}}, {{t|kk|айырмашылық}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ត្រកាល|tr=trɑkaal}}, {{t|km|ចំឡែក|tr=cɑmlaek}}, {{t+|km|ប្លែក|tr=plaek}}, {{t+|km|ពិសេស|tr=pi’saeh}}, {{t+|km|វិសេស|tr=viseh}}, {{t+|km|អញ្ញត្រ|tr=aɲɲat}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|차이(差異)}}, {{t+|ko|다르다|alt=다름}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|جیاوازی}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|айырма}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ຄວາມແຕກຕ່າງ}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|differentia|f}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|atšķirība|f}}, {{t|lv|starpība|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|skirtumas|m}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|Ënnerscheed|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|различност|f}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|beza}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|വ്യത്യാസം}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|फरक|m}}, {{t|mr|वेगळेपण|n}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|difference}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|ялгаа}}
* Nepali: {{t|ne|फरक}}, {{t+|ne|अन्तर}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|forskjell|m}}, {{t+|no|skilnad|m}}, {{t|no|differanse|m}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|diferéncia|f}}
* Odia: {{t+|or|ପ୍ରଭେଦ}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|unġelīcnes|f}}
* Old Javanese: {{t|kaw|bheda}}
* Pashto: {{t+|ps|پرخ|m|tr=parx}}, {{t+|ps|اختلاف|m|tr=extelãf}}, {{t+|ps|تفاوت|m|tr=tafāwót}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|فرق|tr=farq}}, {{t+|fa|تفاوت|tr=tafâvot}}, {{t+|fa|اختلاف|tr=extelâf}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|różnica|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|diferença|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|diferență|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|разли́чие|n}}, {{t+|ru|отли́чие|n}}, {{t+|ru|ра́зница|f}}
* Samoan: {{t|sm|'ese'esega}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|caochladh|m}}, {{t|gd|diofar|m}}, {{t|gd|eadar-dhealachadh|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|ра́злика|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|rázlika|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|rozdiel|m}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|različnost|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|diferencia|f}}, {{t|es|discrimen|m}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|tofauti}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|avvikelse|c}}, {{t+|sv|differens|c}}, {{t+|sv|skillnad|c}}, {{t+|sv|olikhet|c}}
* Tabasaran: {{t|tab|тафавут}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|фарқ}}, {{t|tg|тафовут}}, {{t|tg|ихтилоф}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|வித்தியாசம்}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|аерма}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|భేదము}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ความต่าง}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|fark}}, {{t+|tr|ayrım}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|parh}}, {{t|tk|tapawut}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|різни́ця|f}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|فرق|m|tr=farq}}, {{t|ur|انتر|m|tr=antar}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|ئايرىما}}, {{t|ug|پەرق}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|tafovut}}, {{t+|uz|farq}}, {{t+|uz|ayirma}}, {{t+|uz|ixtilof}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|khác nhau|alt=sự khác nhau}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|diferince|f}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|אונטערשייד|m}}
* Yucatec Maya: {{t|yua|hela’anil}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|entar}}, {{t|zza|ferq}}, {{t+|zza|ca|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|characteristic of something that makes it different from something else}}
* Albanian : {{t+|sq|veçorite}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|فَرْق|m}}, {{t|ar|فُرُوق|m-p}}
* Armenian: {{t-needed|hy}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|айырма}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|alde}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|তফাত}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|различие|n}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|diferència|f}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|kalahian}}, {{t|ceb|diperensiya}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|farq}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|rozdíl|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|forskel|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|verschil|n}}, {{t+|nl|onderscheid|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|malsameco}}, {{t|eo|diferenco}}, {{t|eo|malsamo}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|erinevus}}
* Ewe: {{t|ee|vovototo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|ero}}, {{t+|fi|eroavaisuus}}
* French: {{t+|fr|différence|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|განსხვავება}}
* German: {{t+|de|Unterschied|m}}, {{t+|de|Differenz|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|διαφορά|f}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|διαφορά|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|הבדל|m|tr=hevdel}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|विशेष|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|különbség}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|difero}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|beda|alt=perbedaan}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|difríocht|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|differenza|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|違い|tr=[[ちがい]], chigai}},
* Khmer: {{t+|km|វិជាតិ|tr=vi’ciet}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|differentia|f}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|atšķirība|f}}, {{t|lv|starpība|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|skirtumas|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|разлика|f}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|വ്യത്യാസം}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|difference}}
* Mongolian: {{t-needed|mn}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|forskjell|m}}, {{t|nb|differanse|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|skilnad|m}}, {{t|nn|forskjell|m}}, {{t|nn|differanse|m}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|unġelīcnes|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|różnica|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|diferença|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|diferență|f}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|отличи́тельная черта́|f}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|विशेष|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|diofar|m}}, {{t|gd|eadar-dhealachadh|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|razlika|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|diferencia|f}}, {{t|es|discrimen|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|avvikelse|c}}, {{t+|sv|differens|c}}, {{t+|sv|skillnad|c}}, {{t+|sv|olikhet|c}}
* Tatar: {{t|tt|әһәмиятле үзенчәлек}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|తేడా}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ความต่าง}}
* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|wakītsñe}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|fark}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|sự [[khác biệt]]}}, {{t|vi|sự [[khác nhau]]}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|adire|m}}, {{t+|wa|diferince|f}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|חילוק|m|tr=khilek}}, {{t|yi|אונטערשייד|m}}
* Yucatec Maya: {{t|yua|hela’anil}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|disagreement or argument about something important}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|خِلاف|m}}, {{t|ar|خِلافات|m-p}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|несъгласие|n}}, {{t+|bg|разногласие|n}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|diferència|f}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|bikil}}, {{t|ceb|kalahian}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|farq}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|meningsverschil}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|erimielisyys}}, {{t|fi|mielipide-ero}}
* French: {{t+|fr|différend|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|უთანხმოება}}
* German: {{t+|de|Meinungsverschiedenheit|f}}, {{t+|de|Differenz|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|διαφορά|f}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|विभेद|m}}
* Indonesian: {{t+check|id|selisih|alt=perselisihan}} <!-- was "[[selisih|perselisihan]]" - assumed inflected form or vocalised spelling; please verify if linking is acceptable. see [[User:Kephir/gadgets/xte#Translation_fixing]] -->
* Khmer: {{t|km|ខ្វែងយោបល់|tr=kvaeŋ yoobɑl}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|വ്യത്യാസം}}, {{t+|ml|ഭിന്നത}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|difference}}
* Nepali: {{t|ne|मतभेद|tr=matbhed}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|diferença|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|разногла́сие|n}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|diferencia|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|meningsskiljaktighet|c}}, {{t+|sv|tvist|c}}, {{t|sv|tvistepunkt|c}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|విభేదము}}
* Thai: {{t|th|ความเห็นต่าง}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|sự [[bất đồng]]}}
* Walloon: {{t|wa|diferin|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|arithmetic: result of a subtraction}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|فَرْق|m}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|մնացորդ}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|айырма}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|ро́зніца|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|разлика|f}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|iban}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|rozdíl|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|differens|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|verschil|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|diferenco}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|erotus}}
* French: {{t+|fr|différence|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|სხვაობა}}
* German: {{t+|de|Differenz|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|διαφορά|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|הפרש|m|tr=hefresh}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|भेद|m}}, {{t+|hi|इख्तिलाफ|m}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|mismunur|m}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|difero}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|selisih}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|difríocht|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|differenza|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|差|tr=さ, sa}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|នានត្ត|tr=nienat}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|차}}, {{t+|ko|차이}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ຜົນລັບ}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|разлика|f}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|huatango}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|difference}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|اختلاف|tr=extelâf}}, {{t+|fa|تفاضل|tr=tafâzol}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|różnica|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|diferença|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|diferență|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ра́зность|f}}, {{t+|ru|ра́зница|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|razlika|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|razlika|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|diferencia|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|differens|c}}, {{t+|sv|skillnad|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|kaibhan}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|భేదము}}
* Thai: {{t|th|ผลต่าง}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|fark}}, {{t+|tr|kalan}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|рі́зниця|f}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|hiệu số}}, {{t+|vi|hiệu}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====See also====
{{arithmetic operations}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|obsolete|transitive}} To distinguish or differentiate.
#* {{RQ:Harvey MA
|passage=This simple spectation of the lungs is '''differenced''' from that which concomitates a pleurisy.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1901|origyear=1839|mainauthor=w:Philip James Bailey|title=Festus: A Poem|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/festuspoem00bailrich/page/8/mode/2up?view=theater|page=10|location=London|publisher=George Routledge & Sons|text={{...}} and souls, like in the mass, but '''differenced''' in themselves, with special gifts, duties and joys {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1904|author=w:Arthur Charles Fox-Davies|title=The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopædia of Armory|pageurl=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Art_of_Heraldry/rfhYAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22differenced%22&pg=PA344&printsec=frontcover|page=344|location=London|publisher=T.C. & E.C. Jack|text=In the Calais Roll the arms of William de Warren {{...}} are '''differenced''' by the addition of a canton said to be that of Fitzalan {{...}}}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|to distinguish or differentiate}} {{l|en|differentiate}}, {{l|en|distinguish}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|to distinguish or differentiate}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مَيَّزَ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|различавам}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|sahin}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|differentiëren}}, {{t+|nl|onderscheiden}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|erottaa}}
* German: {{t+|de|differenzieren}}, {{t+|de|unterscheiden}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|διακρίνω|sc=Grek}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|הבדיל|tr=hivdíl}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|फ़रक़ करना}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|diferar}}
* Nepali: {{t|ne|फरक छुट्याउनू}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|فرق گذاشتن|tr=farq gozâštan}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|diferenciar}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|skilja}}, {{t|sv|skilja åt}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|ferq kerden}}
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===Related terms===
{{col3|en|differ|different|differentiate|differentiation|differential}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:Webster 1913}}
* {{R:Century 1911}}

==Middle English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|enm|differens|defference|defferense|dyfferens}}

===Etymology===
From {{bor|enm|fro|difference}}, from {{der|enm|la|differēntia}}; equivalent to {{af|enm|differren|-ence|t1=to postpone|id1=to postpone}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|enm|/ˈdifɛrɛns(ə)/|/diˈfɛrɛns(ə)/}}

===Noun===
{{enm-noun|differences|pl2=difference}}

# Difference; the state of being [[different]].
# A {{l|enm|difference}}; an element which separates.
# [[distinguishment|Distinguishment]]; the [[finding]] or creation of [[dissimilarity]].
# {{lb|enm|heraldry|rare}} A heraldic [[cadency]] for a family's junior branch.
# {{lb|enm|mathematics|rare}} The result of subtraction; an amount left over.
# {{lb|enm|mathematics|rare}} An order in decimal representation of numbers.
# {{lb|enm|rare}} Something that people do not agree upon.

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|difference}}
* {{desc|sco|difference}}

====References====
* {{R:MED Online|entry= difference |part of speech= n |id= MED11572 |accessdate=2019-07-31}}

{{C|enm|Size}}

==Old French==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|fro|differance}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|fro|la|differentia}}.

===Noun===
{{fro-noun|f}}

# {{l|en|difference}}

====Descendants====
* {{desctree|enm|difference|bor=1}}
* {{desc|fr|différence}}