The difference between Difference and Dispute
When used as nouns, difference means the quality of being different, whereas dispute means an argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.
When used as verbs, difference means to distinguish or differentiate, whereas dispute means to contend in argument.
check bellow for the other definitions of Difference and Dispute
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Difference as a noun (uncountable):
The quality of being different.
Examples:
"You need to learn to be more tolerant of difference."
"ant identity sameness"
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Difference as a noun (countable):
A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
Examples:
"There are three differences between these two pictures."
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Difference as a noun (countable):
A disagreement or argument.
Examples:
"We have our little differences, but we are firm friends."
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Difference as a noun (countable, uncountable):
Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
Examples:
"It just won't make much difference to me."
"It just won't make much of a difference to anyone."
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Difference as a noun (countable):
The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.
Examples:
"The difference between 3 and 21 is 18."
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Difference as a noun (obsolete):
Choice; preference.
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Difference as a noun (heraldry):
An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be the same. See and .
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Difference as a noun (logic):
The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
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Difference as a noun (logic circuits):
A Boolean operation which is TRUE when the two input variables are different but is otherwise FALSE; the XOR operation (\scriptstyle A \overline B + \overline A B).
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Difference as a noun (relational algebra):
the set of elements that are in one set but not another (\scriptstyle A \overline B).
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Difference as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To distinguish or differentiate.
Examples:
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Dispute as a noun:
an argument or disagreement, a failure to agree
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Dispute as a noun:
verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate
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Dispute as a verb (intransitive):
to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another
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Dispute as a verb (transitive):
to make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss
Examples:
"Some residents disputed the proposal, saying it was based more on emotion than fact."
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Dispute as a verb:
to oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of
Examples:
"to dispute assertions or arguments"
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Dispute as a verb:
to strive or contend about; to contest
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Dispute as a verb (obsolete):
to struggle against; to resist