Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

splitting the difference

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables
split-ting the d-if-fer-ence
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of split the difference

Questions

What does splitting the difference mean?
present participle and gerund of split the difference

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