dramatic difference

collocation in English

meaningsofdramaticanddifference

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dramatic
adjective
uk
/drəˈmæt.ɪk/us
/drəˈmæt̬.ɪk/
very sudden or noticeable, or full of action ...
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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 ofdramaticanddifferencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If advertisers targeted older people with advertising and products that were relevant to them, they might see adramaticdifferencein the level of advertising effectiveness.
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There is an equallydramaticdifferencein favour of those in hospital, with regard to their lower death rate at six months, though this difference is reduced at one year.
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They found adramaticdifferenceat six months (with home care patients more likely to have died), but at twelve months the difference between the two groups had diminished.
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It can be seen that there is adramaticdifferencein the numbers who remain at home in the project group compared with controls, at both six and twelve months.
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Night soil and other household wastes were no doubt collected, processed, and spread on gardens, although the quantity would not have made adramaticdifference.
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That makes adramaticdifferencefor drivers and, importantly, for people living alongside such roads.
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But thedramaticdifferencewas the fall in the number who gained exceptional leave to remain.
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Those enforcement officers made adramaticdifference, resulting in numerous prosecutions and numerous licences being revoked.
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It is also significant that there is adramaticdifferencebetween mortality rates in different parts of the country and different types of constituency.
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Even over such a long period, that is a prettydramaticdifference.
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Managing pain can make adramaticdifferencein the quality of a person's life.
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It would also introduce adramaticdifferenceto the way we treat those who are released on parole and those who are not.
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If, in truth, there is a constitutional barrier, such a decision makes adramaticdifferenceto our future foreign and economic policy.
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We have tabled this amendment because of thedramaticdifferencebetween the bills that people in different areas would have to pay.
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That is adramaticdifference, which has badly affected local government.
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There is thus adramaticdifferencein the way in which two similar authorities are treated under the proposals.
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It has made adramaticdifferenceto the health and welfare of our people.
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Does he not think that there is adramaticdifferencebetween someone living as a member of one's family and an employee?
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That would make adramaticdifferenceto the attitude of the people who run those shops.
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