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  dif

  noun

  difference.
• dif-
  dif-

  variant of dis- before f: differ.
• dif.
  dif.

  abbreviation

  difference.

dif

¹ American  

[dif] / dɪf /

noun

Informal.

1. difference.

   What's the dif where you buy it, as long as you get it?

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dif- ² American  

1. variant of dis- before f: differ.

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dif. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. difference.

2. different.

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Etymology

Origin of dif

First recorded in 1910–15; by shortening

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

dif dif- dif.

To me, 'I don't like her portrayal' sounds v dif to 'I can't stand her'.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 14, 2012

And once he is inference?" the Guy lodge, who Chirico, a knows lodge the dif owner at Hunter Mountain, N.Y., observes: "You know what made the industry?

From Time Magazine Archive

They buried it in two dif erent forms and in three different ways.

From Time Magazine Archive

"The converter    choked on an FF in its input and died horribly". :diff: /dif/ n.

From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Eric S. Raymond

"The    converter choked on an FF in its input and died horribly". :diff: /dif/ /n./

From The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0, 24 Jul 1996 by Eric S. Raymond

Simply creating HITs to send out spam email would be pointlessly dif- ficult and expensive compared to easy and massively automated processes such as botnets.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 20, 2013

The grand jury had questioned Russell Sherwood, Walker's fiscal agent, nine dif- ferent times without eliciting sufficient evidence to charge a crime.

From Time Magazine Archive

NOTE.—The forms di- and dif- are euphonic forms of dis-; dif- is used before a root beginning with a vowel.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton

Once you stepped in, though, it was a dif- ferent story.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

Now, I’ll tell you another peculiar case that worked out dif- ferendy, and which taught me something I have since learned in a thousand other ways.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

Japan, Mexico, Roumania, etc., for 2c. stamp; 100 all dif., 10c.;

From Harper's Round Table, September 24, 1895 by Various

It wouldn't make any dif. what they met as long as they was fighting together.

From Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man by Sinclair Lewis