dif

[ dif ]

/ dɪf /

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noun Informal.

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

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Origin of dif

First recorded in 1910–15; by shortening

Words nearby dif

Dietrich, Dietrich von Bern, Dieu et mon droit, Dieu vous garde, die with one's boots on, dif, diff, diffeomorphism, differ, difference, difference threshold

Other definitions for dif (2 of 3)

dif-

variant of dis-¹ before f: differ.

Other definitions for dif (3 of 3)

dif.

abbreviation

difference.

different.

How to use dif in a sentence

An interesting question is whether our mental dif ferences have any relation or connection with one another.
The Science of Human Nature|William Henry Pyle
In pronouncing notice carefully to which syllable a consonant belongs; as in dif-fer-ent, beau-ti-fy, dai-sy.
Business English|Rose Buhlig
"Dar's an awful 'stonishin' dif'erens 'tween a catfish and a perk," interposed Uncle Pius.
The Cave by the Beech Fork|Henry S. Spalding
Undifferencing, un-dif′e-ren-sing, adj. not making any difference.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various

So much for the woman suffragist's protest that she can conceive of no reason for a dif- ferential rate of pay for man.
The Unexpurgated Case Against Women Suffrage|Almroth E. Wright