Collocations withdifference
These are words often used in combination withdifference.
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absolute difference
The proportionate difference is greatest, but the absolute difference smallest, for couples where the wife is aged 80 and over.
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age-related difference
Although the use of such modal expressions was, as expected, relatively restricted in narrative texts, an age-related difference was still found.
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anatomical difference
How this anatomical difference might produce the differences in spatial dependence shown here is unknown.
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appreciable difference
All quantities are of the same order of magnitude and there is no appreciable difference between the two averaging processes.
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between-group difference
Second, the lack of a significant between-group difference does not definitively disprove the existence of an effect.
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big difference
There is a big difference between a five-year sentence, a forty-year sentence, and a sentence measured in three figures.
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biological difference
And of course we must accept the reality of the biological differences investigated, even if we are somewhat sceptical about their significance.
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compositional difference
Due to this compositional difference, bangjja (unlike other kinds of bronzeware) can be sterilized.
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considerable difference
There was a considerable difference in the mean number of cercariae produced per snail that were exposed to the hybrid and the parental miracidia.
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cross-cultural differences
I am particularly struck with the importance of studying the question of cross-cultural differences and inter-species comparisons.
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cross-national difference
Whenever there is a cross-national difference in marginal frequencies, one must entertain the possibility that it is due to measurement variation.
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crucial difference
The crucial difference between the old and the new systems is compliance with the principle of informational self-determination.
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cultural difference
Cultural difference in architectural education is seldom discussed in public debate among teachers of architecture.
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difference frequency
In practice the frequency of the sensor crystal is subtracted from a stable reference oscillator to produce a difference frequency in the kilo-hertz region.
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difference means
This difference means that some goals set by education are simply impossible to answer using neuroscience research, for example, the building of character or aesthetic sense in children.
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difference of attitude
Surely that indicates a difference of attitude at least.
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difference of opinion
The residents' attachment to the original design was also expressed in a recent difference of opinion over the introduction of lampposts.
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discernible difference
There is no readily discernible difference in the size of the opposing constituencies and no way to know precisely how these groups were constituted.
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distinct difference
An analysis of maternal responding confirmed this pattern, showing a distinct difference in reproductiveness in responding depending on the word-like-ness of the child utterances.
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doctrinal differences
It was felt that singing should be used to stimulate religious feelings, not to propagate doctrinal differences.
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dramatic difference
If advertisers targeted older people with advertising and products that were relevant to them, they might see a dramatic difference in the level of advertising effectiveness.
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drastic difference
In spite of the drastic difference in the final conclusions, the method by which they had been drawn is one and the same.
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enormous difference
The rigid division of household responsibilities involved an enormous difference in time spent on laundry and ironing.
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essential difference
Is there any essential difference with respect to emulation versus simulation between these two architectures?
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fundamental difference
And this is the fundamental difference between a mere secret and a full-fledged revelational mystery.
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gender difference
Two aspects require particular attention: accounts of the nature of gender difference, and the impact of electoral context on electoral judgements.
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generational difference
The subsequent comparison of mid-age and young speakers allows a description of what appears to be a generational difference in intonational patterns.
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genetic difference
However, they measure selection on entire genotypes, whereas our model assumes a single genetic difference.
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geographic difference
These strong winds appear to minimise geographic differences in species composition, provided appropriate habitats exist.
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geographical difference
It is thus unlikely that clear geographical difference in thermal response would be generated in such a highly mobile species.
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huge difference
There is clearly a huge difference in one respect.
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ideological difference
There is no political or ideological difference in this matter.
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individual difference
Such terms fail to capture individual difference and may be patronising and undemocratic.
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inherent difference
It is this factor on which we focus, and how that may reflect in an inherent difference in patterns of resource consumption.
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intergroup differences
Significant improvements in "sleep" were observed for both groups of patients, with no significant intergroup differences.
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iota of difference
He said that even if we could increase our productivity by £1,000 million it would make not one iota of difference to our exports.
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irreconcilable difference
So far as this struggle is concerned, there is no irreconcilable difference between psychology and religion.
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key difference
The key difference between the two grooves is the way in which proteins can distinguish between base pairs.
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linguistic difference
The diaspora label usually assumes cultural and linguistic difference between places that give form to a diasporic consciousness and identity and places of origin.
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main difference
The second main difference is in the propagation of the anisotropic modes.
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major difference
This is the third major difference between the two sets of meetings.
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marked difference
The most marked difference between men and women concerned the overall level of labour participation.
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meaningful difference
No meaningful difference between sources of reported behavior with respect to our present examination was identified.
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measurable difference
Some improvements, however, made a measurable difference, particularly those to signage.
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methodological difference
The main methodological difference is that law and market economy draws on semiotics, the study of signs.
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minor difference
A minor difference in model specification from the previous models should be noted.
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minute difference
I believe that we are spending too much time in debating a minute difference.
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morphological difference
There is another variable that contributes to the acquisition of past tense in these two languages, and it concerns a morphological difference.
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nonsignificant difference
Conversely, occipital lobes would be predicted to be the least vulnerable, and in fact, they show a nonsignificant difference from normal both structurally and functionally.
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notable difference
There is one notable difference between the two passages.
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noticeable difference
The most noticeable difference is the widespread chaos in the system at even at low impeller angles and transport to the region above the impeller.
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obvious difference
The most obvious difference between the species was the harvest of bait.
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only difference
The only difference is the limitation caused by the constant location of reference robot.
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partisan difference
In the largest-swing years, by contrast, the partisan difference is enormous: almost 9 percentage points in 1974 and about 6.5 in 1994.
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perceptual difference
Mapping temperature changes to frequency changes, for example, is an arbitrary assignment that disregards the inherent perceptual differences between the senses.
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phenotypic difference
The other bands were not relevant for establishing phenotypic differences between the two samples studied.
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philosophical difference
Essential to our discussion here, however, is a philosophical difference.
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physiological difference
One physiological difference commonly emphasized is that the proportion of muscle to body weight is lower in women than in men.
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procedural difference
The main procedural difference is that orders require local publicity in advance of restrictions, whereas notices can introduce restrictions with immediate effect.
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profound difference
The profound difference between them lies, however, in the nature of that by which the individual pursues his aim.
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qualitative difference
However, a striking qualitative difference became apparent between the language groups once the children's actual responses were analysed in detail.
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regional difference
This type of regional difference may explain the variation between these different reports.
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salient difference
The salient difference rests instead with the fact that the two nations are under different categories of covenant, each of which generates unique obligations.
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sectarian difference
In the majority of cases, sectarian difference followed ethnic boundaries, making the two near impossible to differentiate.
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significant difference
At each of the worm ages there was no significant difference in the number of spikes per spine at any of the levels evaluated.
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slight difference
The slight difference between high and low-frequency regulars, however, did not reach statistical significance (t(34)=1.267, p=0.214).
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statistical difference
Initial results, however, indicate no statistical difference in denitrification between sites.
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striking difference
The most striking difference is the absence of communal burial grounds.
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structural difference
It is possible that this structural difference contributes to the increased efficacy.
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stylistic difference
Yet this is in large part the effect of a stylistic difference.
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substantial difference
A few milliseconds in response time can make a substantial difference in profitability.
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substantive difference
This example involves a substantive difference between different kinds of enjoyment.
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subtle difference
Graphically speaking, the relativistic laser plasma interaction occurs solely on one single plasma wave cycle, which is a subtle difference to other regimes.
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systematic difference
This procedure should speed up participants' responses, and would increase the sensitivity of the experiment to reveal any systematic difference between same- and different-gender pictures.
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tremendous difference
Having good panel data would make a tremendous difference in this area, and we don't have very much of that.
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vast difference
But there is a vast difference between adequate evidence and compelling evidence.
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voltage difference
A large voltage difference gradually creates a conductive leakage path across the surface of the material by forming a carbonized track.
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