Part 3094

<blockquote>But something 'ts that <b>differs</b> thee and me. <i>Cowley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Difference</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Dif"fer*ence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>diff\'82rence</ets>, L. <ets>differentia</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; <as>as, a <ex>difference</ex> of quality in paper; a <ex>difference</ex> in degrees of heat, or of light; what is the <ex>difference</ex> between the innocent and the guilty?</as></def>

<blockquote><b>Differencies</b> of administration, but the same Lord. <i>1 Cor. xii. 5.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Disagreement in opinion; dissension; controversy; quarrel; hence, cause of dissension; matter in controversy.</def>

<blockquote>What was the <b>difference</b>? It was a contention in public. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Away therefore went I with the constable, leaving the old warden and the young constable to compose their <b>difference</b> as they could. <i>T. Ellwood.</i></blockquote>

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<p><b>3.</b> <def>That by which one thing differs from another; that which distinguishes or causes to differ;; mark of distinction; characteristic quality; specific attribute.</def>

<blockquote>The marks and <b>differences</b> of sovereignty. <i>Davies.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Choice; preference.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>That now be chooseth with vile <b>difference</b> To be a beast, and lack intelligence. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish the bearings of two persons, which would otherwise be the same. See <er>Augmentation</er>, and <cref>Marks of cadency</cref>, under <er>Cadency</er>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <def>The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>The quantity by which one quantity differs from another, or the remainder left after subtracting the one from the other.</def>

<cs><col>Ascensional difference</col>. <cd>See under <er>Ascensional</er>.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Distinction; dissimilarity; dissimilitude; variation; diversity; variety; contrariety; disagreement; variance; contest; contention; dispute; controversy; debate; quarrel; wrangle; strife.</syn>

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<hw>Dif"fer*ence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Differenced</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Differencing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To cause to differ; to make different; to mark as different; to distinguish.</def>

<blockquote>Thou mayest <b>difference</b> gods from men. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Kings, in receiving justice and undergoing trial, are not <b>differenced</b> from the meanest subject. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>So completely <b>differenced</b> by their separate and individual characters that we at once acknowledge them as distinct persons. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Dif"fer*ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>differens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>differre</ets>: cf. F. <ets>diff\'82rent</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Distinct; separate; not the same; other.</def> "Five <i>different</i> churches."

<i>Addison.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; <as>as, <ex>different</ex> kinds of food or drink; <ex>different</ex> states of health; <ex>different</ex> shapes; <ex>different</ex> degrees of excellence.</as></def>