Anagrams of: DIFF
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diff | 4 | 11 | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • 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. proper noun • A program, historically part of the Unix operating system, which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them. | ||||||||
iff | 3 | 9 | ||||||
conjunction • If and only if; used to show that the truth values of two statements are the same. • Logically equivalent to rephrases: • Obsolete spelling of if. | ||||||||
fid | 3 | 7 | adjectiveadj | |||||
noun • A pointed tool without any sharp edges, used in weaving or knotwork to tighten and form up weaves or complex knots; used in sailing ships to open the strands of a rope before splicing. Compare marlinespike. • A square bar of wood or iron, with a shoulder at one end, to support the weight of the topmast (on a ship). • A plug of oakum for the vent of a gun. • A small thick piece of anything. • A wooden or metal bar or pin, used to support or steady anything. • The penis. verb • To support a topmast using a fid. | ||||||||
dif | 3 | 7 | ||||||
noun • Difference | ||||||||
if | 2 | 5 | nounn | |||||
noun • An uncertainty, possibility, condition, doubt etc. conjunction • Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; used to introduce a condition or choice. • In the event that a statement is true (a programming statement that acts in a similar manner). • Supposing that; used with past or past perfect subjunctive indicating that the condition is closed. • Supposing that; given that; supposing it is the case that. • Although; used to introduce a concession. • (sometimes proscribed) Whether; used to introduce a noun clause, an indirect question, that functions as the direct object of certain verbs. • (usually hyperbolic) Even if; even in the circumstances that. • Introducing a relevance conditional. | ||||||||
id | 2 | 3 | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • (psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity • a state in the Rocky Mountains • a card or badge used to identify the bearer | ||||||||
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