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psychol the minimum difference between two stimuli that is just detectable by a person

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dif, diff, diffeomorphism, differ, difference, difference threshold, different, different as night and day, differentia, differentiable, differentiable manifold

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Again, the difference can seem subtle and sound more like splitting hairs, but the difference is important.
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One difference was that Chen was herself wearing white gloves.
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That is a distinction with a sociological difference—for many, an uncomfortable one to consider.
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That is the difference between the protections embedded in our Bill of Rights and the lived lives of our citizenry.
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But this may be a distinction without much of a difference—especially since Scalise admitted speaking before EURO.
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Is the Bible revelation so clear and explicit that no difference of opinion as to its meaning is possible?
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At the same moment the door was thrown open, and Mrs. Gordon appeared on the threshold with a gentleman behind her.
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We accepted the offer, so that they might see the difference between Christianity and their ungodliness.
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And hence the reader can notice the fundamental difference between all other methods and mine.
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The first two figures of the first group are 38, and the first two figures of the second group are 40—a difference of 2.
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