DIFFERENCE
NOUNS
– ALTERATION difference …B1900 Eng. dial.
– DIFFABITTERANCE a bit of difference …1923 Amer. dial.
– DIFFER difference; the act of differing or state of being different …1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– DIF OF BITTERNESS a bit of difference …1921 Amer. dial.
– DISSIDY †* disagreement, difference, disharmony …1657
– HANG-CHOICE a choice between two evils; no difference, one as bad as the other …1816
– IMPARITY † the quality of being unlike; difference in nature or character; dissimilarity …1608
– NEEDLE OF DIFFER the least possible difference …1883 Sc.
– ODDS difference, hindrance …1899 Amer. dial.
– VARIATION † difference, divergence or discrepancy between two or more things or persons …c1386
– VARIOUSNESS † difference, variance …1628
PHRASES
1687 ► IT’S AS BROAD AS IT’S LONG it doesn’t matter, it makes no difference
1840 ► WHAT’S THE ODDS? what’s the difference? → UK
1996 ► ALL THE SAME KHAKI PANTS used for expressing the sentiment that there is no difference between the matters in question → Trinidad and Tobago
VERBS
1200 ► SKILL to cause a distinction or difference → obs.
1776 ► MAKE NO ODDS to make no difference, not better or worse
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