Collocations for "difference"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "difference" in context.
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difference
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [drastic, slight, big, huge] difference
- is an important difference to [make, point out, be aware of]
- is a time difference of [five hours] (between)
- a score difference of [three points]
- a price difference of [$7] (at, for)
- [they have, there is] an age difference of [five] years (between)
- would make a big difference if you [helped, stopped, went]
- makes a world of difference
- [found, located, discovered] a difference in
- [calculate, measure, work out] the difference
- a difference [in, of] opinion
- is [no, the only] difference between them
- a difference in [shape, temperature]
- makes no difference (to me) [what, when, where, why, how]
- made no difference what I [said, did, suggested]
- doesn't make the [slightest, tiniest] (bit of) difference
- a difference of [three]
- what's the difference?
- there is no difference (in my eyes)!
- [let's, willing to] split the difference
- the difference is [unassailable, insurmountable, too great]
- our differences make us [special, interesting, unique]
- was [teased, made fun of] for his differences
- we've had our differences
- the [couple, friends] settled their differences
'difference' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
a world of sth
- account
- age
- amazing
- astonishing
- begin
- between
- big
- blurry
- considerable
- crucial
- dramatic
- dwarf
- enormous
- explain
- formula
- fundamental
- gender
- hardly
- ill
- know
- lasting
- limp
- make
- mean
- meaningful
- meaningless
- midget
- negligible
- notable
- notice
- noticeable
- opinion
- owe
- perceived
- profound
- relatively
- same
- shade
- significant
- slight
- split
- spot
- stark
- striking
- subtle
- tangible
- taste
- tell
- together