difference
VERB:
1. to cause or constitute a difference in or between; make different.
2. to perceive the difference in or between; discriminate.
3. Rare. differentiate, distinguish:
...every individual has something that differences it from another... —John Locke.
in heraldry:
to add a charge to (arms) to differentiate a branch of a family.
"make a difference,"
1. to have an effect.
2. to treat differently.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Latin differentia, equivalent to different- carrying different ways (see different) + -ia -ia; see -ence. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use: Noun: 14th century. Verb: 15th century. History and Etymology: Noun: Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin differentia "distinction, distinguishing characteristic," from different-, differens, present participle of differre "to carry in varying directions, delay, differ" + -ia -ia entry 1. Note: Latin differentia was used by Cicero and others as an equivalent of Greek diaphorá, a nominal derivative of diaphérein (see note at differ). —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Updated: 22 June 2020 {11:44 PM}
1. to cause or constitute a difference in or between; make different.
2. to perceive the difference in or between; discriminate.
3. Rare. differentiate, distinguish:
...every individual has something that differences it from another... —John Locke.
in heraldry:
to add a charge to (arms) to differentiate a branch of a family.
"make a difference,"
1. to have an effect.
2. to treat differently.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Latin differentia, equivalent to different- carrying different ways (see different) + -ia -ia; see -ence. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use: Noun: 14th century. Verb: 15th century. History and Etymology: Noun: Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin differentia "distinction, distinguishing characteristic," from different-, differens, present participle of differre "to carry in varying directions, delay, differ" + -ia -ia entry 1. Note: Latin differentia was used by Cicero and others as an equivalent of Greek diaphorá, a nominal derivative of diaphérein (see note at differ). —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Updated: 22 June 2020 {11:44 PM}