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Roget category 15

1. Words expressing abstract relations
1.2. Relation
›› 1.2.1. Absolute relation

#15. Difference

noun

differencevariance, variation, varietydiversity, dissimilarity etc. 18disagreement etc. 24disparity etc. (inequality) 28distinction, contradistinctionalteration.
modification, permutation, moods and tenses.
nice distinction, fine distinction, delicate distinction, subtle distinctionshade of difference, nuancediscrimination etc. 465differentia.
different thing, something else, apple off another tree, another pair of shoeshorse of a different colorthis that or the other.

verb

be different etc. adj. — differ, vary, ablude, mismatch, contrastdivaricatediffer toto coelo [Lat.], differ longo intervallo [It].
vary, modify etc. (change) 140.
discriminate etc. 465.

adjective

differing etc. v. — different, diverse, heterogeneous, multifarious, polyglotdistinguishable, dissimilarvaried, modifieddiversified, various, divers, all manner of, all kinds ofvariform etc. 81daedal.
other, another, not the sameunequal etc. 28.
unmatchedwidely apart, poles apart, distinctivecharacteristic, discriminative, distinguishing.
incommensurable, incommensurate.

adverb

differently etc. adj..

phrase

il y a fagots et fagots.

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