salient difference
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsalientanddifference
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salient
adjective
uk/ˈseɪ.li.ənt/us/ˈseɪ.li.ənt/
The salient facts about something or qualities of something are the most important things ...
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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 ofsalientanddifferencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsalient difference
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Thesalientdifferencerests instead with the fact that the two nations are under different categories of covenant, each of which generates unique obligations.
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Thesalientdifferencewould be that one's view of what is reasonable would be much more accurate.
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The mostsalientdifferencein age at adolescence was between single and married men, 15-5 years and 16-3 years respectively.
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The mostsalientdifferencebetween these two materials is that the fracture toughness, or overall resistance to breakage, of jadeite is about 10 times that of ceramic.
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Carston's echoic account cannot do justice to the radical andsalientdifferencebetween these possibilities.
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Thesalientdifferencebetween originals and document services in this setting is that the former tend to be present on the scene, while the latter do not.
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Age was not, however, the onlysalientdifferenceamong men and women.
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Much of the contents of the first scene seem lost, as we do not notice a potentiallysalientdifference between the two unless we focus attention on the changing item.
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However, thesalientdifferencebetween the uses of the evidentials in questions is that in the "m(i)" marked questions, an answer is expected.
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The onlysalientdifferenceis that a voter will go and seek new information to form their mental list, thus becoming more informed of the election.
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Instead, salient differences have been identified primarily in tolerability and safety outcomes.
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For beasts were enough like money to be identified with it, yet enough unlike it to make and mark salient differences.
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Nonetheless, the uncomfortable truth remains that even linguists are essentially responding to features we intuitively perceive as salient differences between varieties.
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In terms of how the remaining countries compare against each other, there are a few salient differences.
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In any case, however, the salient differences between the two environment categories remained.
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One of the most salient differences between the discriminative and aggregative algorithms is their exploitation of the feature space.
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However, we briefly appraise salient differences and similarities between them, continuing in the spirit of multiple levels of inquiry but perhaps more importantly, to foster theory development.
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Pennycook has a trans- name for that too: translingualism, an approach to translation that uncovers all salient differences between different codes in addition to their points of convergence.
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The education systems of the various countries have salient differences which can affect the comparability of these figures.
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The two education systems have, however, salient differences that can affect the comparability of these figures.
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