qualitative difference
collocation in Englishmeaningsofqualitativeanddifference
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qualitative
adjective
uk/ˈkwɒl.ɪ.tə.tɪv/us/ˈkwɑː.lə.teɪ.t̬ɪv/
relating to how good or bad ...
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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 ofqualitativeanddifferencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, a strikingqualitativedifferencebecame apparent between the language groups once the children's actual responses were analysed in detail.
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Thus, there is aqualitativedifferencebetween the outcome of language contact with respect to at least one point: the past participles.
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Having this extra lexicon would surely constitute aqualitativedifferencebetween child and adult grammars.
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Those who do not think mere numbers of people count could still think that aqualitativedifferencesuch as destruction of civilization counts.
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Consequently, the very notion of a fundamental,qualitativedifferencebetween the inner and the outer element is invalid to begin with.
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There was not muchqualitativedifferencebetween the results derived from these alternative specifications.
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I think there is aqualitativedifferencebetween the two.
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Fortunately, there is noqualitativedifferencein any of these maps.
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We can understand thequalitativedifferencebetween one and two dimensions by developing simple analytical formulae for the probability of identity between nearby genes.
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The four microsatellites suspected of harbouring nulls were excluded from the analysis although their inclusion made noqualitativedifferenceto the results.
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But such examples can be explained without positing anyqualitativedifferencebetween children and adults.
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So a seemingly quantitative difference between groups could belie what is, in fact, an importantqualitativedifference.
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But in fact thequalitativedifferencebetween the two cannot be eliminated because achievements are conceived as filling or taking up no time at all.
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This led to an importantqualitativedifferencein his ethnography.
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Increases in market power just amplify the effects of imperfect competition mentioned above, without anyqualitativedifference.
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Note that nonlinearity will produce aqualitativedifferencebetween crests and troughs of the standing wave.
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A closer look at the data, however, indicates that there is aqualitativedifferencein how these respondents reflected upon the reasons behind this change.
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In each of these cases the results suggest little, if any,qualitativedifferenceacross the phylogenetic scale.
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There appears to be noqualitativedifferencebetween the error types produced by bilingual and by monolingual children.
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