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?
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Proof; evidence.
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An apparatus for weighing.
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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…
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The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing.
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A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife.
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The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute.
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Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions.
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The formal or distinguishing part of the essence of a species; the characteristic attribute of a species; specific difference.
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Relating to or indicating a difference; creating a difference; discriminating; special; as, differential characteristics; differential duties; a diff…
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The state of disagreeing; a being at variance; dissimilitude; diversity.
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Controversy; disputation; discussion.
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The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety.
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The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting…
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Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilitude; variety; as, the dissimilarity of human faces and forms.
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A marking off by visible signs; separation into parts; division.
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The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things.
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Alt. of Divergency
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Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway.
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The act of bending, or state of being bent.
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The act of flexing or bending; a turning.
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An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or…
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The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity; disproportion; unevenness; disparity; diversity; a…
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The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected.
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The quality or state of being other or different; alterity; oppositeness.
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An arrow for a crossbow; -- so named because it commonly had a square head.
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Rough; stern; angry.
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A covering overhead; especially, a tent.
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The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation.
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Varying in from, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse.
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The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness.
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To argue; to debate; to dispute.
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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…
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The state of disagreeing; a being at variance; dissimilitude; diversity.
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A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; as, the fluctuations of the sea.
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That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage m…
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The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…
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The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation…
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To be or stand apart; to disagree; to be unlike; to be distinguished; -- with from.
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To be or stand apart; to disagree; to be unlike; to be distinguished; -- with from.
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Distinct; separate; not the same; other.
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Distinct; separate; not the same; other.
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Relating to or indicating a difference; creating a difference; discriminating; special; as, differential characteristics; differential duties; a diff…
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Relating to or indicating a difference; creating a difference; discriminating; special; as, differential characteristics; differential duties; a diff…
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To distinguish or mark by a specific difference; to effect a difference in, as regards classification; to develop differential characteristics in; to…
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To distinguish or mark by a specific difference; to effect a difference in, as regards classification; to develop differential characteristics in; to…
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To fail to accord; not to agree; to lack harmony; to differ; to be unlike; to be at variance.
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To fail to accord; not to agree; to lack harmony; to differ; to be unlike; to be at variance.
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Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by some characteristic.
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Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by some characteristic.
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To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or d…
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To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or d…
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Distinct; separate; not the same; other.
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Distinct; separate; not the same; other.
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A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves.
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Division; separation; putting away.
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The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or…
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To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wra…
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Alt. of Divergency
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Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue; remnant.
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The state of being the same; identity; absence of difference; near resemblance; correspondence; similarity; as, a sameness of person, of manner, of s…
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The state of being the same; identity; absence of difference; near resemblance; correspondence; similarity; as, a sameness of person, of manner, of s…
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