Differencing

adj, verb

adj, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of difference form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Different; distinguishing. obsolete

    "Nay, it would follow, that Adam after he sinned, and was condemned by the Covenant of works, had terms of Life offered to him by that very same Covenant which he was condemned by: Which, with a hundred more differencing things, would raise a Blush in a modest person to assert, that ist was in Adam's violated Covenant of works, that Christ was a joint Party with us."

  2. 2
    Involving the taking of differences or noting of changes.

    "The volatility also tends to increase continuously with the length of the differencing interval."

Example

More examples

"Nay, it would follow, that Adam after he sinned, and was condemned by the Covenant of works, had terms of Life offered to him by that very same Covenant which he was condemned by: Which, with a hundred more differencing things, would raise a Blush in a modest person to assert, that ist was in Adam's violated Covenant of works, that Christ was a joint Party with us."

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