difference

/dɪf.ər.əns/

意味: 違い、差

例文: Kai noticed a snack portion difference.
　　  カイがスナックの量の違いに気づいた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: make a difference(違いを生む), big difference(大きな違い), tell the difference(違いを見分ける)

定義: あるものと他のものが異なることや、二つ以上のものの間にある不一致や相違を指します。たとえば、色、形、意見、考え方などが異なる場合に使われます。

differenceは約10,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
Noun: a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
Noun: a disagreement or argument about something important
Noun: a significant change
Noun: the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

There is a noticeable difference between the two paintings.(二つの絵には明らかな違いがある。)
I can’t believe the difference a little kindness can make!(少しの優しさがもたらす違いに驚いている！)
The difference in their perspectives led to a fruitful discussion.(彼らの視点の違いが実りある議論を生んだ。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: there are many differences between jazz and rock
Noun: the deviation from the mean
Noun: he had a dispute with his wife
Noun: there were irreconcilable differences
Noun: the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats
Noun: the difference in her is amazing
Noun: his support made a real difference

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): conflict, departure, deviation, difference, difference of opinion, dispute, divergence, remainder

Antonyms(反意語): sameness

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): change, disagreement, number, quality, variation

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): ability, accuracy, addend, air, allomerism, amorality, appearance, arability, arity, asset, atomic number, attraction, augend, bad, baryon number, base, biquadrate, brachycephaly, business cycle, cardinal number, cardinality, certainty, changeableness, changelessness, characteristic, clearness, combustibility, complex number, complexity, composite number, compound number, comprehensibility, confrontation, constant, constructiveness, coordinate, correctness, count, counterfactuality, credibility, cube, daily variation, decimal, destructiveness, deviation, difference, difficulty, directivity, discord, dispute, dissent, dissidence, distinction, diurnal variation, dividend, divinity, divisibility, divisor, dolichocephaly, domesticity, ease, elegance, ethnicity, excellence, expressiveness, extraordinariness, extremeness, factor, factuality, fibonacci number, fibrosity, fidelity, finiteness, fixed-point number, floating-point number, foreignness, fruitfulness, fruitlessness, generality, good, gradient, hardness, holiness, hot stuff, humaneness, humanness, humor, ideality, illogicality, immateriality, immobility, immorality, impenetrability, impressiveness, inability, inaccuracy, incomprehensibility, incorrectness, incredibility, inelegance, infidelity, infiniteness, inhumaneness, insolubility, integer, inutility, irregularity, lawfulness, linage, logicality, materiality, memorability, minuend, mobility, morality, multiplicand, multiplier, naivete, nativeness, natural number, naturalness, nature, navigability, neediness, negativity, nonconformity, occidentalism, opacity, ordinal number, ordinariness, orientalism, originality, oxidation number, pagination, painfulness, parental quality, particularity, pathos, penetrability, piquancy, pleasantness, popularity, positivity, power, powerlessness, prime, probability, protectiveness, publicity, quantifiability, quota, quotient, record, regularity, relativity, remainder, responsiveness, romanticism, root, salability, sameness, satisfactoriness, score, simplicity, snootiness, soapiness, solubility, sophistication, spinnability, square, stuff, stuffiness, subjectivism, substitution, subtrahend, sufficiency, suitability, tide, tone, ulteriority, ultimate, uncertainty, unholiness, unlawfulness, unnaturalness, unoriginality, unpleasantness, unpopularity, unresponsiveness, unsatisfactoriness, unsuitability, unwholesomeness, urbanity, utility, vicissitude, virtu, waxiness, wholesomeness, woodiness, worth, worthlessness

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): balance, collision, controversy, differentia, differential, discrepancy, dissimilarity, distinction, driftage, gap, inequality, inflection, otherness, quarrel, variety

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: depart, deviate, differ, different, differential, differentiate, disputatious, dispute, diverge

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: science

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: general

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

高校レベル

英検3級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Holes

Movies(映画): Frozen, The Bad Guys, Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: