Definition of difference noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To tell the difference between two people or things is to see how they are unlike each other. It's hard to tell the difference [= distinguish] between one action movie and another. The new version is supposed to be much better than the old one, but I can't tell the difference (between them).
To distinguish or differentiate. These nouns refer to a lack of correspondence or agreement. Difference is the most general: differences in color and size; a difference of degree but not of kind.
Percentage difference is usually calculated when you want to know the difference in percentage between two numbers. For this calculator, the order of the numbers does not matter as we are simply dividing the difference between two numbers by the average of the two numbers.
The difference between two things is the way in which they are unlike each other. That is the fundamental difference between the two societies. ...the vast difference in size.