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diff

diff [Brit dɪf, Am dɪf] N Am inf

diff short for difference

what's the diff?
che differenza c'è?

difference [Brit ˈdɪf(ə)r(ə)ns, Am ˈdɪf(ə)rəns] N

1. difference (dissimilarity):

difference
differenza f (between tra; in, of di)
what's the difference between…?
qual è la differenza tra…?
what's the difference? (it doesn't matter)
che differenza fa?
to tell the difference between
trovare, vedere la differenza tra
I can't tell or see the difference
non vedo la differenza
to make a difference
fare la differenza, cambiare le cose
it makes no difference what I do
non importa quello che faccio
it makes all the or a world of difference
questo cambia tutto or è tutta un'altra cosa
what a difference that makes!
che differenza (che fa)!
it makes no difference to me
per me non fa nessuna differenza, per me fa lo stesso
what difference does it make if…?
che differenza fa or che cosa cambia se…?
as near as makes no difference
quasi lo stesso
a vacation with a difference
una vacanza particolare, un po' diversa

2. difference (disagreement):

difference
divergenza f (between tra; over su; with con)
to settle one's differences
appianare le proprie divergenze
a difference of opinion
una divergenza di opinioni
differences within sth
divergenze all'interno di qc

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A letter of protest signed about 1500 artists, professionals, and other concerned citizens argued for civic freedoms and art as one sphere of freedom, incorrectness, difference.
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But do you know the difference between dividend yield and earnings yield, or between current yield and yield to maturity?
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One of the most incisive difference is whether the instruments are optical confocal or not.
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Similar to carnelian is sard, which is generally harder and darker (the difference is not rigidly defined, and the two names are often used interchangeably).
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The time delay in kinetic proofreading is analogous to the spatial difference in conformational proofreading.
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