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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

"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

Node:diff, Next:digit, Previous:die horribly, Up:= D = diff /dif/ n.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele

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

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

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

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

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

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