diferença
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.feˈɾẽ.sɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.feˈɾẽ.sa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /di.fɨˈɾẽ.sɐ/
- Hyphenation: di‧fe‧ren‧ças
Etymology 1
From Latin differentia (“difference”), from differō (“to differ”), from dif- + ferō (“to carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”).
Alternative forms
- differença (obsolete)
Noun
diferença f (plural diferenças)
- (uncountable) difference (quality of being different)
- Synonyms: diversidade, desigualdade
- Antonym: igualdade
- difference (an instance of being different)
- Synonym: distinção
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:diferença.
Derived terms
- diferença social
Related terms
- diferençar
- diferençável
- diferenciação
- diferenciado
- diferencial
- diferenciar
- diferente
- diferir
Verb
diferença
- inflection of diferençar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
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