major difference
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmajoranddifference
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major
adjective
uk/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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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 ofmajoranddifferencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This is the thirdmajordifferencebetween the two sets of meetings.
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As for its political philosophy, there was also amajordifferencefrom the very beginning.
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Onemajordifferencehowever was informal care, which was used by a much greater proportion of the therapy sample.
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This hypothesis intends to provide a partial account for themajordifferencein sensory connectivity in the major groups of amniotes.
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Themajordifferenceappears in their contrasting views of the professional role.
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Themajordifferenceis how rapidly the diagnosis is made.
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Second, there is amajordifferencebetween monolinguals and bilinguals.
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Amajordifferenceinvolves the performance of subjects during waking.
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Themajordifferencebetween this study and earlier ones is that it focuses on families larger than two sibs.
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Another caveat worth mentioning is that there is amajordifferencebetween the total energy available and the rate at which the energy is available.
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For the younger two age groups themajordifferenceis between the rural areas and the other three types.
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There remains, however, amajordifferencebetween our indeterminacy mechanism/results and those obtained in these former papers.
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Onemajordifferencebetween the doorstep and telephone canvass equations, however, is in the relationships with campaign spending.
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Anothermajordifferenceis the association of attention to the television and radio campaign coverage with political discussion.
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Amajordifferencewas observed in the retinal periphery, however.
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Onemajordifferenceis between those networks which include both wholesalers and retailers and those which are specialized in only one of these operations.
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Themajordifferenceis that it would not be an ex-military officer who would coordinate the new call to arms.
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