The state of being unlike or distinct; distinction; disagreement; want of sameness; variation; dissimilarity. Difference may be total or partial, and exist in the nature and essence of things, in the form, the qualities or degrees. There is a difference in nature between animals and plants; a difference in form between the genera and species of animals; a difference of quality in paper; and a difference in degrees of heat, or of light.

The quality which distinguishes one thing from another.

Dispute; debate; contention; quarrel; controversy. What was the difference? It was a contention in public.

The point in dispute; ground of controversy.

A logical distinction.

Evidences or marks of distinction. The marks and differences of sovereignty.

Distinction. There is no difference between the Jew and the Greek. Romans 10:12.

In mathematics, the remainder of a sum or quantity, after a lesser sum or quantity is subtracted.

In logic, an essential attribute, belonging to some species, and not found in the genus; being the idea that defines the species.

In heraldry, a certain figure added to a coat of arms, serving to distinguish one family from another, or to show how distant a younger branch is from the elder or principal branch.

To cause a difference or distinction. A regular administration of justice according to fixed laws differences a civilized from a savage state.