difference

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difference作“差异,区别”解时,指一事物区别于另一事物的不同之处,可指事物之间的本质差别,也可指事物之间的非本质的差别,可充当不可数名词,也可作可数名词。difference还可作“差距,差额”解,指的是事物之间存在的一个差额值,作不可数名词。difference引申还可作“分歧,争执”解,这时常用作复数形式。
difference后常接介词between, of短语作定语。

When the artificial flowers are contrasted with natural ones, you can hardly tell the difference.
当人造花和自然花对比时,你几乎不能辨出真假。

(NOT THE SAME) the way in which two or more things which you are comparing are not the same
(NOT AGREEING) a disagreement
(AMOUNT) the amount by which one thing is different from another

The difference between two things is the way in which they are unlike each other.
If people have their differences about something, they disagree about it.
A difference between two quantities is the amount by which one quantity is less than the other.
If something makes a difference or makes a lot of difference, it affects you and helps you in what you are doing. If something makes no difference, it does not have any effect on what you are doing. /
If there is a difference of opinion between two or more people or groups, they disagree about something.