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diff D0214800 (dĭf)n. Informal Difference: "[His] flaw ... starts with a fleshy calculation, an instinct to blunt disagreement and split the diff" (Peggy Noonan).diff
same differenceMaking no actual difference; the same or essentially the same. A: "I told you to wear a white shirt, not a cream-colored one." B: "White, cream—same difference." A: "Do you want to go get the food, or will I?" B: "Eh, same difference."See also: difference, samesame differencethe same; no difference at all. Pink, fuchsia, what does it matter? Same difference. Whether you go or I go, it's the same difference.See also: difference, samesame differenceNo difference at all, the same thing, as in She's my sister, or stepsister-same difference. This jocular colloquial phrase dates from about 1940. See also: difference, samesame difference used to express the speaker's belief that two or more things are essentially the same, in spite of apparent differences. informalSee also: difference, samesame ˈdifference (spoken) used to say that you think the differences between two things are not important: ‘She’s divorced from her husband.’ ‘No she’s not, she’s only separated.’ ‘Same difference.’See also: difference, samediff (dɪf) n. difference. Aw, come on! What’s the diff? same difference n. the same; no difference at all. Pink, fuchsia, what does it matter? Same difference. See also: difference, samesame differenceNo difference whatever, the same thing. This colloquialism dates from about 1940. Usually spoken with a bit of a shrug, it appears in such contexts as “He worked for them four years, or was it five? Same difference.” See also: difference, samediff
diff/dif/ 1. A change listing, especially giving differencesbetween (and additions to) different versions of a piece ofsource code or documentation (the term is often used in theplural "diffs"). "Send me your diffs for the Jargon File!"
Compare vdiff.
2. Specifically, such a listing produced by the diff Unixcommand, especially when used as input to the patch utility(which actually performs the modifications). This is a commonmethod of distributing patches and source updates.
3. To compare (whether or not by use of automated tools onmachine-readable files).
See also vdiff, mod.Diff
DiffShort version of Euro rate differential, which is a Chicago Mercantile Exchange Futures contract that is founded on the interest rate spread between the U.S. dollar and the British pound, the German mark, or the Japanese yen.DiffA futures contract traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange where the underlying asset is the interest rate spread between the U.S. dollar and either the British pound or the Japanese yen. The German mark has been used as well. A diff can be used to hedge foreign exchange risk. See also: Interest rate parity.DIFF
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