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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"
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"
direct hyponym
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full hyponym
S:
(n)
collision
(a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals)
"a collision of interests"
S:
(n)
controversy
,
contention
,
contestation
,
disputation
,
disceptation
,
tilt
,
argument
,
arguing
(a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement)
"they were involved in a violent argument"
S:
(n)
argy-bargy
,
argle-bargle
(a verbal dispute; a wrangling argument)
S:
(n)
firestorm
(an outburst of controversy)
"the incident triggered a political firestorm"
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(n)
sparring
(an argument in which the participants are trying to gain some advantage)
S:
(n)
polemic
(a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma))
S:
(n)
fight
(an intense verbal dispute)
"a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate"
S:
(n)
gap
(a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations)
S:
(n)
generation gap
(a difference between the views of young people and their parents)
S:
(n)
quarrel
,
wrangle
,
row
,
words
,
run-in
,
dustup
(an angry dispute)
"they had a quarrel"; "they had words"
S:
(n)
affray
,
altercation
,
fracas
(noisy quarrel)
S:
(n)
batrachomyomachia
(a silly altercation)
S:
(n)
bicker
,
bickering
,
spat
,
tiff
,
squabble
,
pettifoggery
,
fuss
(a quarrel about petty points)
S:
(n)
bust-up
(a serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship))
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form
S:
(n)
difference
(a significant change)
"the difference in her is amazing"; "his support made a real difference"
S:
(n)
remainder
,
difference
(the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend)