Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to difference
Participle: differenced
Gerund: differencing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | difference |
| you | difference |
| he;she;it | differences |
| we | difference |
| you | difference |
| they | difference |
Perfect
| I | have differenced |
| you | have differenced |
| he;she;it | has differenced |
| we | have differenced |
| you | have differenced |
| they | have differenced |
Past
| I | differenced |
| you | differenced |
| he;she;it | differenced |
| we | differenced |
| you | differenced |
| they | differenced |
Pluperfect
| I | had differenced |
| you | had differenced |
| he;she;it | had differenced |
| we | had differenced |
| you | had differenced |
| they | had differenced |
Future
| I | will difference |
| you | will difference |
| he;she;it | will difference |
| we | will difference |
| you | will difference |
| they | will difference |
Future Perfect
| I | will have differenced |
| you | will have differenced |
| he;she;it | will have differenced |
| we | will have differenced |
| you | will have differenced |
| they | will have differenced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | difference |
| you | difference |
| he;she;it | difference |
| we | difference |
| you | difference |
| they | difference |
Perfect
| I | have differenced |
| you | have differenced |
| he;she;it | have differenced |
| we | have differenced |
| you | have differenced |
| they | have differenced |
Imperfect
| I | differenced |
| you | differenced |
| he;she;it | differenced |
| we | differenced |
| you | differenced |
| they | differenced |
Pluperfect
| I | had differenced |
| you | had differenced |
| he;she;it | had differenced |
| we | had differenced |
| you | had differenced |
| they | had differenced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would difference |
| you | would difference |
| he;she;it | would difference |
| we | would difference |
| you | would difference |
| they | would difference |
Perfect
| I | would have differenced |
| you | would have differenced |
| he;she;it | would have differenced |
| we | would have differenced |
| you | would have differenced |
| they | would have differenced |
Imperative
| you | difference |
| we | Let's difference |
| you | difference |
Verbs conjugated like 'difference'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'difference'
conference,
dereference,
preference,
reference,
deafferent,
defence,
defervesce,
defleece,
differ,
differentiate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1340, from O.Fr. difference, from L. differentia, from differentem (nom. differens), prp. of differre "to set apart" (see differ). Sense of "a quarrel" first attested 1387. Colloquial phrase what's the diff? first recorded 1896. Different is from c.1384; differential is from 1647; differentiate first attested 1816, on model of Fr. différencier; originally a mathematical term, trans. and non-technical sense of "discriminate between" is from 1876. Earlier, difference had been used as a verb in this sense.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
4. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
5. Proto-Italic *dis-
6. Latin dis-
7. Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-
8. Proto-Indo-European *-eti
9. Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti
10. Proto-Italic *ferō
11. Latin ferō
12. Latin differō
13. Latin differēns
14. Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós
15. Proto-Italic *-ijos
16. Proto-Italic *-ios
17. Old Latin -ios
18. Latin -ius
19. Latin -ia
20. Latin differentiader.
21. Old French differencebor.
22. Middle English difference
23. English difference
24. From Middle English difference, from Old French difference, from Latin differentia (“difference”), from differēns (“different”), present participle of differre. Doublet of differentia. Morphologically differ + -ence.
Sample Sentences
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This simple spectation of the lungs is differenced from that which concomitates a pleurisy. [1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions:]
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[…] and souls, like in the mass, but differenced in themselves, with special gifts, duties and joys […] [1901 [1839], Philip James Bailey, Festus: A Poem, London: George Routledge & Sons, page 10:]
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In the Calais Roll the arms of William de Warren […] are differenced by the addition of a canton said to be that of Fitzalan […] [1904, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopædia of Armory, London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, page 344:]