| differ | (verb) be of different opinions | Synonyms: disagree, dissent, take issue |
|---|
| (verb) be different | - |
| difference | (noun) the quality of being unlike or dissimilar | - |
|---|
| (noun) a disagreement or argument about something important | Synonyms: conflict, difference of opinion, dispute |
| (noun) a variation that deviates from the standard or norm | Synonyms: departure, deviation, divergence |
| (noun) the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend | Synonyms: remainder |
| (noun) a significant change | - |
| different | (adjective) unlike in nature or quality or form or degree | - |
|---|
| (adjective) distinctly separate from the first | - |
| (adjective) differing from all others; not ordinary | - |
| (adjective) distinct or separate | - |
| differentia | (noun) distinguishing characteristics (especially in different species of a genus) | - |
|---|
| differentiable | (adjective) possessing a differential coefficient or derivative | - |
|---|
| (adjective) capable of being perceived as different | - |
| differential | (adjective) relating to or showing a difference | - |
|---|
| (adjective) involving or containing one or more derivatives | - |
| (noun) a bevel gear that permits rotation of two shafts at different speeds; used on the rear axle of automobiles to allow wheels to rotate at different speeds on curves | Synonyms: differential gear |
| (noun) a quality that differentiates between similar things | - |
| (noun) the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx | Synonyms: derivative, derived function, differential coefficient, first derivative |
| differentially | (adverb) in a differential manner | - |
|---|
| differentiate | (verb) become distinct and acquire a different character | - |
|---|
| (verb) become different during development | - |
| (verb) evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment | Synonyms: specialise, specialize, speciate |
| (verb) calculate a derivative; take the derivative | - |
| (verb) mark as different | Synonyms: distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart |
| (verb) be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense | Synonyms: distinguish, mark |
| differentiated | (adjective) made different (especially in the course of development) or shown to be different | - |
|---|
| (adjective) exhibiting biological specialization; adapted during development to a specific function or environment | - |
| differentiation | (noun) the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function | - |
|---|
| (noun) a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes | Synonyms: distinction |
| (noun) (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function | Synonyms: specialisation, specialization |
| differentiator | (noun) a person who (or that which) differentiates | Synonyms: discriminator |
|---|
| differently | (adverb) in another and different manner | Synonyms: otherwise |
|---|
| difficult | (adjective) not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure | Synonyms: hard |
|---|
| (adjective) hard to control | Synonyms: unmanageable |
| difficultness | (noun) the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result | Synonyms: difficulty |
|---|
| difficulty | (noun) an effort that is inconvenient | Synonyms: trouble |
|---|
| (noun) the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result | Synonyms: difficultness |
| diffidence | (noun) lack of self-confidence | Synonyms: self-distrust, self-doubt |
|---|
| diffident | (adjective) lacking self-confidence | Synonyms: shy, timid, unsure |
|---|
| (adjective) showing modest reserve | - |
| diffidently | (adverb) in a diffident manner | - |
|---|
| difflugia | (noun) a protozoan with an ovoid shell of cemented sand grains | - |
|---|
| diffract | (verb) undergo diffraction | - |
|---|
| diffraction | (noun) when light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce fringes of light and dark bands | - |
|---|
| diffuse | (adjective) (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected | Synonyms: diffused, soft |
|---|
| (adjective) spread out; not concentrated in one place | - |
| (adjective) lacking conciseness | - |
| (verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread |
| (verb) spread or diffuse through | Synonyms: imbue, interpenetrate, penetrate, permeate, pervade, riddle |
| (verb) move outward | Synonyms: fan out, spread, spread out |
| diffused | (adjective) (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected | Synonyms: diffuse, soft |
|---|
| (adjective) (of light rays) subjected to scattering by reflection from a rough surface or transmission through a translucent material | - |
| diffusely | (adverb) in a diffuse manner | - |
|---|
| diffuseness | (noun) the spatial property of being spread out over a wide area or through a large volume | - |
|---|
| diffuser | (noun) optical device that distributes the light of a lamp evenly | Synonyms: diffusor |
|---|
| (noun) baffle that distributes sound waves evenly | Synonyms: diffusor |
| diffusing | (adjective) spreading by diffusion | Synonyms: diffusive, dispersive, disseminative |
|---|
| diffusion | (noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something | Synonyms: dispersal, dispersion, dissemination |
|---|
| (noun) the property of being diffused or dispersed | Synonyms: dissemination |
| (noun) the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another | - |
| (noun) (physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration | - |
| diffusive | (adjective) spreading by diffusion | Synonyms: diffusing, dispersive, disseminative |
|---|
| diffusor | (noun) optical device that distributes the light of a lamp evenly | Synonyms: diffuser |
|---|
| (noun) baffle that distributes sound waves evenly | Synonyms: diffuser |