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diferentă

difference /di.feˈrent͡sə/

noun#4526 most common

Also: distinction, discrepancy, gap (in amount)

Example sentences

Este o diferență mare între cele două case.
There is a big difference between the two houses.
Nu văd nicio diferență între aceste două culori.
I don't see any difference between these two colors.
Diferența de preț este de zece lei.
The price difference is ten lei.
Trebuie să înțelegem diferența dintre a auzi și a asculta.
We must understand the difference between hearing and listening.
Diferențele culturale dintre cele două țări au influențat negocierile.
The cultural differences between the two countries influenced the negotiations.
În ciuda diferențelor ideologice profunde, cei doi lideri au ajuns la un compromis pragmatic.
Despite the deep ideological differences, the two leaders reached a pragmatic compromise.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativediferențădiferențe
Genitivediferențediferențe
Accusativediferențădiferențe
Vocativediferențădiferențe

Word family

diferitdifferent
a diferențiato differentiate, to tell apart
diferențieredifferentiation
indiferentindifferentdiferitdifferently

Etymology

The word comes from French "différence", which traces back to Latin "differentia", a noun built from the verb "differre", meaning to carry apart or to set apart. Romanian absorbed it as part of the wave of French-influenced vocabulary that reshaped the modern literary language in the 19th century. The Latin root itself splits into the prefix "dis-" (apart) and "ferre" (to carry).

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