Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

what's the difference

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.79 in modern English

Syllables: what's the d-if-fer-ence
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

(rhetorical question) The difference does not matter; so what?

phrase

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see what, is, the, difference.

Example Sentences

"“Genies, fairies, whatever, what's the difference, bring them here I want to talk to them,”"
""I don't see why it's any more ridiculous to wear flowers on your hat than on your dress," protested Anne. "Lots of little girls there had bouquets pinned on their dresses. What's the difference?""
"What's the difference between new Windows programs and old ones? If you're paying close attention, you'll notice subtle differences in the way new 32-bit Windows programs look. Dialog boxes, for example, are likely to have tabbed pages ..."

Questions

What does what's the difference mean?: (rhetorical question) The difference does not matter; so what?

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