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Diff

/dɪf/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:11 ptsWWF:11 pts4 letters

Definition of Diff

noun

  1. Any program which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.
  2. The output of a diff program. A diff file.
  3. A difficult route.

verb

  1. To run a diff program on (files or items) so as to produce a description of the differences between them, as for a patch file.
  2. To compare two files or other objects, manually or otherwise.

proper noun

  1. A program, historically part of the Unix operating system, which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.

noun

  1. The quality of being different.

    "You need to learn to be more tolerant of difference."

  2. A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.

    "There are three differences between these two pictures."

  3. A disagreement or argument.

    "We have our little differences, but we are firm friends."

  4. Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.

    "It just won't make much difference to me."

  5. The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.

    "The difference between 3 and 21 is 18."

noun

  1. The differential gear in an automobile etc
  2. A qualitative or quantitative difference between similar or comparable things
  3. An infinitesimal change in a variable, or the result of differentiation
  4. One of two coils of conducting wire so related to one another or to a magnet or armature common to both, that one coil produces polar action contrary to that of the other.
  5. A form of conductor used for dividing and distributing the current to a series of electric lamps so as to maintain equal action in all.

Anagrams of Diff

Words You Can Make

3 words can be made from the letters in "diff":

3-LETTER WORDS

diffidiff

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "diff" and rearranging:

+efifed
+sdiffs

Related Word Patterns

DI...Words starting with "di"...FFWords ending with "ff"All 4-letter wordsUnscramble "diff"

Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

departuredeviationdisparitydivergenceconflictdifference of opiniondisputedissensionremaindernevermind

ANTONYMS

identitysameness

Rhyming Words

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Related Words

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