enormous difference

collocation in English

meaningsofenormousanddifference

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enormous
adjective
uk
/ɪˈnɔː.məs/us
/əˈnɔːr.məs/
extremely ...
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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 ofenormousanddifferencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The rigid division of household responsibilities involved anenormousdifferencein time spent on laundry and ironing.
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His readers should realize that even the smallest dot (shtipkhen) in the text might entail anenormousdifferencein meaning.
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The material incentives for membership were mostly provided without adequate funding from the centre, and good leadership could, in such circumstances, make anenormousdifference.
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The extent of these and theenormousdifferencein the density of the population in the various provinces will be seen from the following table.
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But even supposing continuity, we might wonder whether theenormousdifferencebetween the two states is compatible with personal identity.
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There is anenormousdifferencebetween imposing costs now to invest in the long run and transferring resources between groups at a given point in time.
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In general there is anenormousdifference.
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There is such anenormousdifferencebetween the propaganda and reality that the voters have stopped listening.
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This can make anenormousdifferencein reducing car accidents on our roads.
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It makes anenormousdifferenceto voters to know which we are talking about.
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That is mankind'senormousdifferencefrom the animal kingdom.
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The steps outlined will make anenormousdifferenceto the lives of our people.
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It made anenormousdifferenceto confidence at that time, because it is only the unknown that people fear.
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I have completed a hill-farming scheme, and the assistance given has undoubtedly made anenormousdifference.
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That could lead to anenormousdifferencein the work done in various areas.
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That made anenormousdifferencein the way in which they treated prisoners and also civilians from occupied countries.
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It could, indeed, make anenormousdifferencein cutting our costs and raising earnings if the full potential of these trends were realised.
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That is, of course, anenormousdifferenceto the whole economics of the scheme.
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Yet it made anenormousdifferenceto the whole technique of the industry.
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All that will make anenormousdifferenceto the rural community.
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