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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quality in paper; a difference in degrees of heat, or of light; what is the difference between the innocent and the guilty?

2. (n.) Disagreement in opinion; dissension; controversy; quarrel; hence, cause of dissension; matter in controversy.

3. (n.) That by which one thing differs from another; that which distinguishes or causes to differ; mark of distinction; characteristic quality; specific attribute.

4. (n.) Choice; preference.

5. (n.) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish the bearings of two persons, which would otherwise be the same. See Augmentation, and Marks of cadency, under Cadency.

6. (n.) The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.

7. (n.) The quantity by which one quantity differs from another, or the remainder left after subtracting the one from the other.

8. (v. t.) To cause to differ; to make different; to mark as different; to distinguish.

Greek

1293. diastole -- a separation, a difference
... a separation, a difference. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: diastole
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-as-tol-ay') Short Definition: distinction ...
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1308. diaphero -- to carry through, carry about, to differ, make a ...
... to carry through, carry about, to differ, make a difference, surpass. Part of Speech:
Verb Transliteration: diaphero Phonetic Spelling: (dee-af-er'-o) Short ...
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1243. diairesis -- a division
... Noun, Feminine Transliteration: diairesis Phonetic Spelling: (dee-ah'-ee-res-is)
Short Definition: division, distribution, difference, distinction Definition ...
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2644. katallasso -- to reconcile
... reconcile. From kata and allasso; to change mutually, ie (figuratively) to compound
a difference -- reconcile. see GREEK kata. see GREEK allasso. ...
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3307. merizo -- to divide
... From meros; to part, ie (literally) to apportion, bestow, share, or (figuratively)
to disunite, differ -- deal, be difference between, distribute, divide, give ...
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Strong's Hebrew

914. badal -- to be divided, separate
... make, put difference, divide asunder, make separate. A primitive root; to divide
(in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate ...
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6395. palah -- to be separated or distinct
... A primitive root; to distinguish (literally or figuratively) -- put a difference,
show marvellous, separate, set apart, sever, make wonderfully. 6394, 6395. ...
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Library

No Difference
... ROMANS NO DIFFERENCE. 'There is no difference.'"Romans 3:22. The things ... interests.
I. First, there is no difference in the fact of sin. Now ...
/.../maclaren/romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/no difference.htm

The Difference of Aeviternity and Time
... The difference of aeviternity and time. Objection 1: It seems that aeviternity
is the same as time. For Augustine says (Gen. ad lit. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/the difference of aeviternity and.htm

On the Difference in the Health of Twins.
... Book V. Chapter 2."On the Difference in the Health of Twins. Cicero says
that the famous physician Hippocrates has left in writing ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 2 on the difference in.htm

Psalm 1:3. LM The Difference Between the Righteous and the Wicked.
... THE Psalms of David, In Metre. Psalm 1:3. LM The difference between the
righteous and the wicked. 1 Happy the man whose cautious ...
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The Difference Between the Outward and Inward Man.
... Wisdom, True Annihilation, and Internal Peace. CHAP. I. The Difference between
the Outward and Inward Man. 1. THERE are two sorts of ...
/.../chap i the difference between.htm

The Difference Between what is Good in Itself and what is Good by ...
... On the Morals of the Manichæans. Chapter 4. "The Difference Between What
is Good in Itself and What is Good by Participation. ...
/.../chapter 4 name difference between.htm

The Answer on the Difference of Customs in the Two Countries.
... The Conferences of John Cassian. Chapter VII. The answer on the difference
of customs in the two countries. Germanus: Although we ...
/.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter vii the answer on.htm

Of the Difference Between the Secret Friends and the Hidden Sons ...
... THE SPARKLING STONE CHAPTER VIII. OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SECRET
FRIENDS AND THE HIDDEN SONS OF GOD. But further we find a ...
/.../john/the adornment of the spritual marriage/chapter viii of the difference.htm

Who Use the Difference Between Meriting and Appropriating, to the ...
... Second Head of Doctrine Paragraph 6 Who use the difference between meriting
and appropriating, to the end that they may instil� ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/various/the canons of dordt/paragraph 6 who use the.htm

What the Difference is Between Christ and the Saints.
... Book V. Chapter IV. What the difference is between Christ and the saints.
Moreover there is between Him and all the saints the same ...
/.../cassian/the seven books of john cassian /chapter iv what the difference.htm

Thesaurus

Difference (19 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike;
distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quality ...
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Quarrel (22 Occurrences)
... 8. (n.) A breach of concord, amity, or obligation; a falling out; a difference;
a disagreement; an antagonism in opinion, feeling, or conduct; esp., an angry ...
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Imputation
... It makes no difference, so far as the meaning of imputation is concerned, who it
is that imputes, whether man (1 Samuel 22:15) or God (Psalm 32:2); it makes no ...
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Error (90 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) The difference between the approximate result and the true result; --
used particularly in the rule of double position. ...
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Distinguish (16 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To separate by definition of terms or logical division of a subject with
regard to difference; as, to distinguish sounds into high and low. ...
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Sisera (18 Occurrences)
... Hazor. The accounts given of the battle of Sisera with Barak, as found in
Judges 4 and 5, have important points of difference. The ...
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Easter (1 Occurrence)
... Easter was thus fixed by these rules, but another difficulty arose when the Gregorian
calendar was adopted in 1582, the difference between it and the Julian ...
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Ir-ha-heres
... with the original. This difference in manuscripts gives rise to different
opinions among authorities here to be noted. Most of the ...
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Differ (7 Occurrences)
... 3. (vi) To have a difference, cause of variance, or quarrel; to dispute; to contend.
4. (vt) To cause to be different or unlike; to set at variance. ...
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Irhaheres
... with the original. This difference in manuscripts gives rise to different
opinions among authorities here to be noted. Most of the ...
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Bible Concordance

Difference (19 Occurrences)

Acts 15:9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
(KJV WEY DBY WBS YLT)

Romans 3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
(KJV DBY WBS YLT NIV)

Romans 10:12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT NIV)

Romans 14:23 and he who is making a difference, if he may eat, hath been condemned, because 'it is' not of faith; and all that 'is' not of faith is sin.
(YLT)

1 Corinthians 7:34 There is also a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world-how she may please her husband.
(WEB KJV WEY DBY WBS)

1 Corinthians 14:7 yet the things without life giving sound -- whether pipe or harp -- if a difference in the sounds they may not give, how shall be known that which is piped or that which is harped?
(YLT)

Galatians 2:6 But from those who were reputed to be important (whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God doesn't show partiality to man)-they, I say, who were respected imparted nothing to me,
(WEB DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

James 2:4 have ye not made a difference among yourselves, and become judges having evil thoughts?
(DBY)

Jude 1:22 And of some have compassion, making a difference:
(KJV DBY WBS)

Exodus 11:7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
(KJV JPS WBS)

Leviticus 10:10 And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
(KJV JPS DBY WBS)

Leviticus 11:47 To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.
(KJV JPS DBY WBS)

Leviticus 20:25 Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
(KJV)

2 Samuel 19:35 I am this day eighty years old. Can I discern between good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be yet a burden to my lord the king?
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 12:8 But still they will become his servants, so that they may see how different my yoke is from the yoke of the kingdoms of the lands.
(See NAS NIV)

2 Chronicles 14:11 And Asa cried unto Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, it maketh no difference to thee to help, whether there be much or no power: help us, O Jehovah our God, for we rely on thee, and in thy name have we come against this multitude. Jehovah, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.
(DBY)

Ezekiel 22:26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
(KJV JPS DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 44:23 They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Jonah 4:11 Shouldn't I be concerned for Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred twenty thousand persons who can't discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much livestock?"
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Difference

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Quarrel (22 Occurrences)

Imputation

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Distinguish (16 Occurrences)

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Easter (1 Occurrence)

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Differ (7 Occurrences)

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