Difference

"Difference" in German

Andersartigkeit

(quality of being different)

Anderssein

(quality of being different)

Differenz

(characteristic of something that makes it different from something else)

Differenz

(disagreement or argument about something important)

Differenz

(arithmetic: result of a subtraction)

Meinungsverschiedenheit

(disagreement or argument about something important)

Unterscheidung

(quality of being different)

Unterschied

(quality of being different)

Unterschied

(characteristic of something that makes it different from something else)

differenzieren

(to distinguish or differentiate)

unterscheiden

(to distinguish or differentiate)

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