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†a. in difference: (of a matter) that is the subject of disagreement, disputed. Also (of a person or institution): in disagreement, quarrelling. Obsolete.

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1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. cc.xxii/1 Thus the christen realmes were in variacyon, and the churches in great dysference [read dyfference], bycause of the popes.

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. f. C.lxxxiiii^v/2 These assygnmentes were in debate and in dyfference between the erle and the barones.

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. cxxiii. f. cxxxviii/1 The duke of Bretayne was in great difference [Fr. en trop grant difference] with the realme of Fraunce.

1571 G. Fenton tr. Actes of Conf. in Relig. f. 26 That which they haue in difference with the Ministers.

1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper i. 41 Who was the chiefe..remaines in some difference.

a1662 P. Heylyn Aerius Redivivus (1670) 403 There was scarce a point in difference between the Parties, wherein they had not very frequent and most fearful bickerings with one another.

1738 Preservative against Popery I. i. iv. 235 There is scarce any Doctrine or Practice in Difference between them and us.

1774 O. Goldsmith Grecian Hist. I. viii. 253 With full power to concert all matters in difference.

1806 Parl. Reg. I. 48 Gentlemen may live in difference on general and political subjects.

1867 Law Times 16 Nov. 148/1 All the matters in difference were referred to an arbitrator.

1902 W. Mack & H. P. Nash Cycl. Law & Procedure III. 681 The arbitrator has power to pass upon and determine everything..connected with the particular matters in difference or dispute.

1937 J. E. Davies Let. 26 Feb. in Mission to Moscow (1945) 66 He stated that it was unfortunate that the matters in difference had not progressed.

2013 S. C. Tucker Encycl. Mexican-Amer. War I. 792/2 A prompt settlement..of every matter in difference between the two countries.

†b. at difference: (of a person, or two or more people) in disagreement, at variance; quarrelling.

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society > society and the community > dissent > be in dissension or at variance [verb (intransitive)]

discorda1382

vary?1428

disagree1534

dissent1538

differ1568

result1572

at difference1583

interferea1644

1583 W. Chauncie tr. P. Viret Worlde Possessed with Deuils iii. sig. I.vi As if ye would condemne Iesus Christ, as well as the deuills, whiche complained of hym, because thei are one against an other, & at difference.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. iii. 202 Thou hast set thy mercy, & thy Honor At difference .

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 391 He is doubtlesse his own best Friend, that is oft at differencewith himselfe, for his miscarriages.

1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Jewish War i. xi, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 711 The great men were mightily at difference one with another.

1795 J. P. Kemble Venice Preserv'd ii. ii. 19 At difference; fie! Is this a time for quarrels?

1857 J. G. Holland Bay-path xxxii. 393 The centre of devoted sympathy and attachment, as well to those who had once been at difference with him, as to his long-time friends.

1873 Zoologist 8 3417 He and Mr. Dunning were at difference not upon facts but upon the importance attached to them.

1913 Homiletic Rev. Apr. 313/1 Jesus had already more than once been at difference with the Pharisees.

2010 D. P. Francis Partners in Passion x. 194 Two people who seemed ideally suited to each other can suddenly be at difference.

P2. to make a difference.

a. With between (also †of). To draw a distinction between two or more things; to treat two or more things differently to one another. Also: to constitute a difference between two or more things.

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1536 J. Gwynneth Confut. Fyrst Parte Frythes Boke xvii. sig. f.v Therfore all that, ryseth by the reason of thonely presence of the tone done in thy syghte, whyche maketh a dyfference bytwen them, in thyne estymacyon, and yet is there none bytwene them in dede.

1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 8 Many men do make a difference of them by twinkelinge, affirming that the Fixed starres doo twinkle, and not the Planetes.

1611 Bible (King James) Lev. xi. 47 To make a difference betweene the vncleane and the cleane.

1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 55 They make a difference betwixt the Monad and One, conceaving the Monad to be that which exists in intellectuals; One, in numbers.

1716 J. Addison Free-Holder No. 31 Our Constitution..does not only make a Difference between the Guilty and the Innocent, but even among the Guilty between such as are more or less criminal.

1790 J. Bell Bell's New Pantheon I. 38 Some make a difference between the Athlotheta and the Agonotheta, urging, that the latter presided only at the Scenic games.

1883 F. Pollock Land Laws iii. 59 It was impossible that the law should make differences between the land of a peer and the land of any other freeholder.

1921 L. Robinson White-headed Boy i. 37 How foolish it was for a mother to be making differences between her children.

2006 C. Gohlke William Henry is Fine Name xvi. 168 Does God make a difference between colored and white once He's looking at our bare souls?

(a) Usually in negative and interrogative constructions, and frequently with non-referential it as subject: to have a significant effect on a person or situation; to matter.

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1708 Brit. Apollo 29–31 Dec. It [sc. the wind] is sometimes Full East, namely, when the Declension of the Sun is too small to make a Difference.

1774 J. Andrews Hist. Revol. Denmark II. 264 The unlawfulness of the connection she has indulged, cannot be supposed to make any difference in the affection she feels for a progeny she blushes to own.

1811 National Intelligencer (Washington) 3 Aug. The mode of choice by the people can make no difference in the political relation between the people and the house of delegates.

1879 Irish Monthly 7 596 She will soon have to do the work of a woman. Another year or two will make a difference in her ideas.

1921 Young Woman's Jrnl. Aug. 465/2 If we want to go to Los Angeles, it does not make any difference whether we go over the Salt Lake Route, the Southern Pacific, or the Western Pacific.

1961 S. Chaplin Day of Sardine vi. 132 He was never any good to you. It makes no difference to me if you give him his marching orders.

1993 C. MacDougall Lights Below 106 What difference does it make, how I feel? What has that got to do with it?

(b) Of a person: to have a positive, beneficial effect on a person, thing, or situation; to change something for the better.

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1917 Bakersfield Californian 14 Sept. 12/5 What we want is to feel that we are going forward; that the efforts we make sum up to something in the long run. We want to make a difference.

1965 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 2 Jan. 12/3 You might call youngsters coming out of our high schools today the ‘Fired-Up’ generation... They have already made a difference in political and social life.

1996 W. Mooney & D. Holt Storyteller's Guide 124 Perhaps the greatest pleasure in being a storyteller is the feeling that you are making a difference.

2012 V. Parker Inspiring Others (2013) 3 Find inspirational quotes from the kids featured in this book and other famous people who made a difference.

P3. with a difference: with a new, unusual, or striking feature or treatment.In quot. 1813 with allusion to Ophelia's speech in Shakespeare's Hamlet (see quot. 1604 at sense 5c).

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1813 Drakard's Paper 18 Dec. 390/2 Hayman is here a commentator, ‘with a difference’.

1844 Indiana State Sentinel (Indianapolis) 2 May 1/6 He now preaches Millerism with a difference.

1895 H. Spender Sign of Guillotine xix. 161 A captive with a difference—a captive for your own good.

1938 Cue 3 Dec. 41/2 You can order Crepes Bacchus... They're Crepes Suzette with a difference.

1975 Victoria (Brit. Columbia) Times 12 May 16 In Rome an enterprising countess has started a baby-sitting agency with a difference—the baby-sitters are grannies.

1997 M. J. Phillips-Matz Rosa Ponselle p. xxv This was a diva with a difference.

2013 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 10 July (Features section) 11 For a short break with a difference, Normandy is hard to beat.

P4. a distinction without a difference: see distinction n. 3b; method of difference: see method n. 3e; to split the difference: see split v. 5c; there is a difference between staring and stark mad: see staring adj. and adv. Phrases; to thread the difference: see thread v. 4d; a world of difference: see world n. 19a(a).

单词	to make a difference
释义	> as lemmas to make a difference Phrases P1. †a. in difference: (of a matter) that is the subject of disagreement, disputed. Also (of a person or institution): in disagreement, quarrelling. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. cc.xxii/1 Thus the christen realmes were in variacyon, and the churches in great dysference [read dyfference], bycause of the popes. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. f. C.lxxxiiii^v/2 These assygnmentes were in debate and in dyfference between the erle and the barones. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. cxxiii. f. cxxxviii/1 The duke of Bretayne was in great difference [Fr. en trop grant difference] with the realme of Fraunce. 1571 G. Fenton tr. Actes of Conf. in Relig. f. 26 That which they haue in difference with the Ministers. 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper i. 41 Who was the chiefe..remaines in some difference. a1662 P. Heylyn Aerius Redivivus (1670) 403 There was scarce a point in difference between the Parties, wherein they had not very frequent and most fearful bickerings with one another. 1738 Preservative against Popery I. i. iv. 235 There is scarce any Doctrine or Practice in Difference between them and us. 1774 O. Goldsmith Grecian Hist. I. viii. 253 With full power to concert all matters in difference. 1806 Parl. Reg. I. 48 Gentlemen may live in difference on general and political subjects. 1867 Law Times 16 Nov. 148/1 All the matters in difference were referred to an arbitrator. 1902 W. Mack & H. P. Nash Cycl. Law & Procedure III. 681 The arbitrator has power to pass upon and determine everything..connected with the particular matters in difference or dispute. 1937 J. E. Davies Let. 26 Feb. in Mission to Moscow (1945) 66 He stated that it was unfortunate that the matters in difference had not progressed. 2013 S. C. Tucker Encycl. Mexican-Amer. War I. 792/2 A prompt settlement..of every matter in difference between the two countries. †b. at difference: (of a person, or two or more people) in disagreement, at variance; quarrelling. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > be in dissension or at variance [verb (intransitive)] discorda1382 vary?1428 disagree1534 dissent1538 differ1568 result1572 at difference1583 interferea1644 1583 W. Chauncie tr. P. Viret Worlde Possessed with Deuils iii. sig. I.vi As if ye would condemne Iesus Christ, as well as the deuills, whiche complained of hym, because thei are one against an other, & at difference. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. iii. 202 Thou hast set thy mercy, & thy Honor At difference . View more context for this quotation 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 391 He is doubtlesse his own best Friend, that is oft at differencewith himselfe, for his miscarriages. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Jewish War i. xi, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 711 The great men were mightily at difference one with another. 1795 J. P. Kemble Venice Preserv'd ii. ii. 19 At difference; fie! Is this a time for quarrels? 1857 J. G. Holland Bay-path xxxii. 393 The centre of devoted sympathy and attachment, as well to those who had once been at difference with him, as to his long-time friends. 1873 Zoologist 8 3417 He and Mr. Dunning were at difference not upon facts but upon the importance attached to them. 1913 Homiletic Rev. Apr. 313/1 Jesus had already more than once been at difference with the Pharisees. 2010 D. P. Francis Partners in Passion x. 194 Two people who seemed ideally suited to each other can suddenly be at difference. P2. to make a difference. a. With between (also †of). To draw a distinction between two or more things; to treat two or more things differently to one another. Also: to constitute a difference between two or more things. ΚΠ 1536 J. Gwynneth Confut. Fyrst Parte Frythes Boke xvii. sig. f.v Therfore all that, ryseth by the reason of thonely presence of the tone done in thy syghte, whyche maketh a dyfference bytwen them, in thyne estymacyon, and yet is there none bytwene them in dede. 1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 8 Many men do make a difference of them by twinkelinge, affirming that the Fixed starres doo twinkle, and not the Planetes. 1611 Bible (King James) Lev. xi. 47 To make a difference betweene the vncleane and the cleane. View more context for this quotation 1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 55 They make a difference betwixt the Monad and One, conceaving the Monad to be that which exists in intellectuals; One, in numbers. 1716 J. Addison Free-Holder No. 31 Our Constitution..does not only make a Difference between the Guilty and the Innocent, but even among the Guilty between such as are more or less criminal. 1790 J. Bell Bell's New Pantheon I. 38 Some make a difference between the Athlotheta and the Agonotheta, urging, that the latter presided only at the Scenic games. 1883 F. Pollock Land Laws iii. 59 It was impossible that the law should make differences between the land of a peer and the land of any other freeholder. 1921 L. Robinson White-headed Boy i. 37 How foolish it was for a mother to be making differences between her children. 2006 C. Gohlke William Henry is Fine Name xvi. 168 Does God make a difference between colored and white once He's looking at our bare souls? b. (a) Usually in negative and interrogative constructions, and frequently with non-referential it as subject: to have a significant effect on a person or situation; to matter. ΚΠ 1708 Brit. Apollo 29–31 Dec. It [sc. the wind] is sometimes Full East, namely, when the Declension of the Sun is too small to make a Difference. 1774 J. Andrews Hist. Revol. Denmark II. 264 The unlawfulness of the connection she has indulged, cannot be supposed to make any difference in the affection she feels for a progeny she blushes to own. 1811 National Intelligencer (Washington) 3 Aug. The mode of choice by the people can make no difference in the political relation between the people and the house of delegates. 1879 Irish Monthly 7 596 She will soon have to do the work of a woman. Another year or two will make a difference in her ideas. 1921 Young Woman's Jrnl. Aug. 465/2 If we want to go to Los Angeles, it does not make any difference whether we go over the Salt Lake Route, the Southern Pacific, or the Western Pacific. 1961 S. Chaplin Day of Sardine vi. 132 He was never any good to you. It makes no difference to me if you give him his marching orders. 1993 C. MacDougall Lights Below 106 What difference does it make, how I feel? What has that got to do with it? (b) Of a person: to have a positive, beneficial effect on a person, thing, or situation; to change something for the better. ΚΠ 1917 Bakersfield Californian 14 Sept. 12/5 What we want is to feel that we are going forward; that the efforts we make sum up to something in the long run. We want to make a difference. 1965 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 2 Jan. 12/3 You might call youngsters coming out of our high schools today the ‘Fired-Up’ generation... They have already made a difference in political and social life. 1996 W. Mooney & D. Holt Storyteller's Guide 124 Perhaps the greatest pleasure in being a storyteller is the feeling that you are making a difference. 2012 V. Parker Inspiring Others (2013) 3 Find inspirational quotes from the kids featured in this book and other famous people who made a difference. P3. with a difference: with a new, unusual, or striking feature or treatment.In quot. 1813 with allusion to Ophelia's speech in Shakespeare's Hamlet (see quot. 1604 at sense 5c). ΚΠ 1813 Drakard's Paper 18 Dec. 390/2 Hayman is here a commentator, ‘with a difference’. 1844 Indiana State Sentinel (Indianapolis) 2 May 1/6 He now preaches Millerism with a difference. 1895 H. Spender Sign of Guillotine xix. 161 A captive with a difference—a captive for your own good. 1938 Cue 3 Dec. 41/2 You can order Crepes Bacchus... They're Crepes Suzette with a difference. 1975 Victoria (Brit. Columbia) Times 12 May 16 In Rome an enterprising countess has started a baby-sitting agency with a difference—the baby-sitters are grannies. 1997 M. J. Phillips-Matz Rosa Ponselle p. xxv This was a diva with a difference. 2013 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 10 July (Features section) 11 For a short break with a difference, Normandy is hard to beat. P4. a distinction without a difference: see distinction n. 3b; method of difference: see method n. 3e; to split the difference: see split v. 5c; there is a difference between staring and stark mad: see staring adj. and adv. Phrases; to thread the difference: see thread v. 4d; a world of difference: see world n. 19a(a). extracted from differencen.¹ < as lemmas
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