nouns
the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
"there are many differences between jazz and rock"
is a type of (narrower)
an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
"the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
is an attribute of
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
"took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one"
a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
"the deviation from the mean"
a disagreement or argument about something important
"he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats"
a significant change
"the difference in her is amazing"; "his support made a real difference"
is a type of (narrower)
a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event
"he attributed the change to their marriage"
the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend