Make a difference

Synonyms for "make a difference" (20 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Verb(4 words)
affect outcomesanyargumentbe important

Strong matches (6)

Verb(5 words)
Noun(1 words)
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Related words (10)

Verb(10 words)
dissentdistinctiongaphave an impactmatter in contextoneone unitproduce changesinglevariance

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

11 entries
be significantcomparisonconceptdeterminerdisputehave effecthave valuemath conceptmeasurementopinionproduce change

More specific

15 entries
absolute differencealter outcomesboost skillsbuild confidencechange attitudescolor differenceheated argumentimprove scoresincrease motivationindefinite articlelinguistic distinctionminor disagreementnumeral determinerquality differencerelative difference

Collocations

17 entries
a dozena fewa littlea lota numbera pairall the differencebig differencedifference betweendifference indifference makerdifference of opinionlarge differencemeaningful differencereal differencesignificant difference

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Inflections

4 entries
differencesmade a differencemakes a differencemaking a difference

Derivations

4 entries
difference makerdifference makingdifferentialdifferentiation

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I was hoping that, by volunteering at this refuge, I could make a difference, however small.

Source: wiktionary

I don't think it makes a difference whether you come tonight or not.

Source: wiktionary

Increasingly, it does not make a difference—economically, at least—whether the husband or wife is the primary wage earner, or whether either or both of them work.

Source: wiktionary