difference: meaning and words from its letters
10 letters · 19 letter points · starts with D · ends with E
Meaning of difference
noun
- uncountable
The quality of being different.
Example: You need to learn to be more tolerant of difference.
- countable
A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
Example: There are three differences between these two pictures.
- countable
A disagreement or argument.
Example: We have our little differences, but we are firm friends.
- countable, uncountable
Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
Example: It just won't make much difference to me.
Listed forms: differences.
Source: Wiktionary — difference.
verb
to modify a heraldic emblem so as to distinguish one branch of a house from another
- obsolete, transitive
To distinguish or differentiate.
Listed forms: differences, differencing, differenced.
Source: Wiktionary — difference.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for difference.
noun
a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
noun
a disagreement or argument about something important
noun
the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is difference in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of difference
D(2) + I(1) + F(4) + F(4) + E(1) + R(1) + E(1) + N(1) + C(3) + E(1) = 19 points.
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Anagrams of difference
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from difference
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