slight difference
collocation in Englishmeaningsofslightanddifference
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slight
adjective
uk/slaɪt/us/slaɪt/
small in amount ...
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difference
noun
uk/ˈdɪf.ər.əns/us/ˈdɪf.ɚ.əns/
the way in which two or more things which you are comparing are not ...
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(Definition ofslightanddifferencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofslight difference
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Theslightdifferencebetween high and low-frequency regulars, however, did not reach statistical significance (t(34)=1.267, p=0.214).
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Owing to theslightdifferencein bubble radii, this component is driven below resonance for the smaller bubble and above resonance for the bigger one.
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Although both parasitoids are similar in many other respects, theslightdifferencein life-history strategy overwhelmingly affected the competitive outcome.
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Most likely, this is the effect of aslightdifferencein the composition of the sets of utterances for the one-word and early two-word phases.
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For the production tasks, there was aslightdifferencein format between the practice and the testing blocks.
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These differences are probably due to aslightdifferencein the velocity fields for the two tunnels.
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This may reflect aslightdifferencein orientation to utilization of birth control with some husbands initiating responsibility and others leaving it to the wife.
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Thisslightdifferenceis most likely due to partial argon loss from groundmass materials by alteration, suggesting that the clinopyroxenes provide more reliable ages.
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One can notice aslightdifferencein the results obtained over the lexicon and the corpus.
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The two websites achieve unity by using a similar style of header and footer on all pages, differentiated by aslightdifferencein colouring.
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After 48 hours on bypass, there is aslightdifference, with lower values in those with diaphragmatic hernia.
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On closer examination, however, aslightdifferencein the objectives of older and younger participants was revealed.
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The same is true the other way round, but there is aslightdifference.
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Table 5 shows the three patterns ranked on this basis and the mismatch between the expert's beliefs and the learnt rule causes theslightdifferencein ranking.
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Here aslightdifferencecan be seen.
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The data reflect a broad spectral sensitivity, which envelops the zebrafish visible spectrum with only aslightdifferencein sensitivity between the ultraviolet area and the rest of the spectrum.
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