difference of opinion

collocation in English

meaningsofdifferenceandopinion

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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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opinion
noun
uk
/əˈpɪn.jən/us
/əˈpɪn.jən/
a thought or belief about something ...
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(Definition ofdifferenceandopinionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdifference of opinion

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Thedifferenceofopinionas to the object of the enquiry was transparent.
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The residents' attachment to the original design was also expressed in a recentdifferenceofopinionover the introduction of lampposts.
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There was clearly somedifferenceofopinion, which is heartening, as the author teams were asked to assign confidence limits to their major findings.
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I see that ourdifferenceofopinionis based partly on our differing understandings of the purpose of this instrument.
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No assumption was made that the groups were homogenous, and indeed within each group there wasdifferenceofopinion.
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Thatdifferenceofopinion, while significant elsewhere, is irrelevant here.
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Thedifferenceofopinionabout smoking ended in those smoking who would.
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What, then, is behind thisdifferenceofopinion?
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In such dialogues two or more participants aim to resolve adifferenceofopinion, each trying to persuade the other participants to adopt their point of view.
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There is nodifferenceofopinionbetween us on that point.
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In any business organisation there will always be adifferenceofopinionas to the rate of progress.
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It would be quite wrong to imagine that there is anydifferenceofopinionbetween us.
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There is an honestdifferenceofopinionbetween those who are addressing themselves carefully and objectively to this problem.
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You may get a genuinedifferenceofopinionquite reasonably represented.
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No doubt there is adifferenceofopinionupon that subject.
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There is a very gravedifferenceofopinionon that matter.
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I think there is nodifferenceofopinionbetween us with regard to the occupation itself.
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There really is no fundamentaldifferenceofopinionbetween any of us.
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There is a greatdifferenceofopinionon this question.
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I appreciate that this involves adifferenceofopinion.
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There is a fundamentaldifferenceofopinionbetween the parties.
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The next point, on which quite certainly we have nodifferenceofopinionat all, is this.
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That is a matter upon which there has been somedifferenceofopinion.
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I know that there is somedifferenceofopinionabout this matter.
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There is nodifferenceofopinionas to its desirability.
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