• Any program which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.
• The output of a diff program. A diff file.
• A difficult route.
• The quality of being different.
• A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
• A disagreement or argument.
• Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
• The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.
• Choice; preference.
• An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be the same. See augmentation and cadency.
• The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
• (logic circuits) A Boolean operation which is TRUE when the two input variables are different but is otherwise FALSE; the XOR operation (\scriptstyle A \overline B + \overline A B).
• (relational algebra) the set of elements that are in one set but not another (\scriptstyle A \overline B).
• The differential gear in an automobile etc
• A qualitative or quantitative difference between similar or comparable things
• An infinitesimal change in a variable, or the result of differentiation
• One of two coils of conducting wire so related to one another or to a magnet or armature common to both, that one coil produces polar action contrary to that of the other.
• A form of conductor used for dividing and distributing the current to a series of electric lamps so as to maintain equal action in all.
verb
• To run a diff program on (files or items) so as to produce a description of the differences between them, as for a patch file.
• To compare two files or other objects, manually or otherwise.
• Attractiveness or charm in dress, appearance, or manner.
• A well-dressed man.
• A bonus or other remuneration, given for reaching a sales goal or promoting the goods of a particular manufacturer. Originally from textile retailing, a percentage given for selling off surplus or out-of-fashion stock, of which the sales person could offer part as a discount to a customer.
• A cannabis cigarette.
verb
• (usually with up or out) To make spiffy (attractive, polished, or up-to-date)
• To reward (a salesperson) with a spiff or bonus.
• To attach a spiff or bonus to the selling of (a product)
• a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
• A member of an Arab princely family descended from Muhammad through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima, the "Grand Shereef" being the governor of Mecca.
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