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Bible Dictionaries
Difference
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quality in paper; a difference in degrees of heat, or of light; what is the difference between the innocent and the guilty?
(2):
(n.) Disagreement in opinion; dissension; controversy; quarrel; hence, cause of dissension; matter in controversy.
(3):
(n.) That by which one thing differs from another; that which distinguishes or causes to differ; mark of distinction; characteristic quality; specific attribute.
(4):
(n.) Choice; preference.
(5):
(n.) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish the bearings of two persons, which would otherwise be the same. See Augmentation, and Marks of cadency, under Cadency.
(6):
(n.) The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
(7):
(n.) The quantity by which one quantity differs from another, or the remainder left after subtracting the one from the other.
(8):
(v. t.) To cause to differ; to make different; to mark as different; to distinguish.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Difference'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/d/difference.html. 1828.
