Difference

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Look up difference in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Difference is the contrary of equality, in particular of objects. Differences can only be stated on the basis of a comparison or categorization. Since a complete comparison of objects or things is seldom possible in practice, only relevant or defining attributes are used for stating equality or difference.

In particular, difference can refer to:

• In mathematics, difference always means
  • the result of subtraction
    • difference operator
    • finite difference
    • percent difference
  • difference in set theory: see set difference, complement and symmetric difference
  • inequality
• Difference in computing: see delta encoding
• Difference on a coat of arms: see heraldry
• In philosophy, différance

[edit] See also

• Similarity
• Different
• Different ideal

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.