diff
/dɪf/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.20 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Used to trash-talk an opposing team at the end of a game by pointing out a skill difference between some role and the same role on the other team.
Countable; Slang; Uncountable
noun
Any program which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Abbreviation of differential: differential of types of white blood cell in a complete blood count.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "A peach and an apricot? What's the diff?"
- "MrX provided close to 100 diffs presented in a lengthy brief divided into sections."
- "This function takes that diff and plugs it into the larger structure."
- "[Pogo:] A woman outthunk is a woman scorned and you know what's got no fury like that! [...] Mus' I tell you? It's Sunday. [Albert:] What's the diff? Tell away. [Pogo, whispering:] Hell."
- "tank diff (i.e., the deciding factor in the game was the difference in skill between the teams' tank players)"
- "edit diff"