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dif
1[ dif ]
noun
, Informal.
- difference:
What's the dif where you buy it, as long as you get it?
dif-
2- variant of dis- 1 before f: differ.
dif.
3abbreviation for
- difference.
- different.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dif1
First recorded in 1910–15; by shortening
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Example Sentences
An interesting question is whether our mental dif ferences have any relation or connection with one another.
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In pronouncing notice carefully to which syllable a consonant belongs; as in dif-fer-ent, beau-ti-fy, dai-sy.
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"Dar's an awful 'stonishin' dif'erens 'tween a catfish and a perk," interposed Uncle Pius.
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Undifferencing, un-dif′e-ren-sing, adj. not making any difference.
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So much for the woman suffragist's protest that she can conceive of no reason for a dif- ferential rate of pay for man.
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