Noun

• S: (n) difference (the quality of being unlike or dissimilar) "there are many differences between jazz and rock"
• S: (n) deviation, divergence, departure, difference (a variation that deviates from the standard or norm) "the deviation from the mean"
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) variation, fluctuation (an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change)
• S: (n) change, alteration, modification (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another) "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago"
• S: (n) happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event (an event that happens)
• S: (n) event (something that happens at a given place and time)
• S: (n) psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict (a disagreement or argument about something important) "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats"
• S: (n) difference (a significant change) "the difference in her is amazing"; "his support made a real difference"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) change (a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event) "he attributed the change to their marriage"
• S: (n) difference (a significant change) "the difference in her is amazing"; "his support made a real difference"
• S: (n) gradient (a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension)
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) remainder, difference (the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend)