Difference, computing Any program which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them, medicine Abbreviation of differential_ differential of types of white blood cell in a complete blood count, verb_ transitive, computing To produce a description of changes made to a collection of files To produce a patch file, transitive, computing To compare two files or other objects, manually or otherwise

Disagreement in opinion; dissension; controversy; quarrel; hence, cause of dissension; matter in controversy, a disagreement or argument about something important, The quality or condition of being unlike or dissimilar, transitive verb_ To distinguish or differentiate, To cause to differ; to make different; to mark as different; to distinguish

Plural form of difference

Unlike in form, quality, amount, or nature; dissimilar, Differing from all others; unusual,marked by dissimilarity, adverb_ In a different way or manner; otherwise, noun_ mathematics The different ideal

Constituting or making a difference; distinctive, having differences in speed or direction of motion, involving or containing one or more derivatives, noun_ the differential gear in an automobile etc, mathematics an infinitesimal change in a variable, or the result of differentiation, A form of conductor used for dividing and distributing the current to a series of electric lamps so as to maintain equal action in all

In a different manner; variously, in another and different manner

Requiring considerable effort or skill; not easy to do or accomplish, Not easy to persuade or convince; stubborn, hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome; eg said of a person, a horse, etc, transitive verb_ rare To render difficult; to impede; to perplex

Plural form of difficulty, colloquial a series of frustrations

Something not easily done, accomplished, comprehended, or solved, a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result, The state of being difficult, or hard to do

Plural form of diff, verb_ Third-person singular simple present indicative form of diff