differences
/ˈdɪf(ə)r(ə)ns/
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
dif - fe - ren - ces -> differences
(n[pl]) ခြားနားချက်များ
difference /'dÇfrǝns/ n
၁။ [C] ~ (between A and B ) ခြားနား ချက်။ ကွဲပြားချက်။ ပြောင်းလဲချက်။ ကွာခြားချက်။
There are marked differences between the two children. ❍ Have you noticed a difference in her recently? ❍ It's easy to tell the difference (ie distinguish) between butter and margarine.
၂။ [C, U] ~ (in sth ) (between A and B ) ကွာဟမှု။ ခြားနားချက်။ ပြောင်းလဲမှု။ အပိုအလို။ There's an age difference of six years between them (ie one of them is six years older than the other). ❍ I'll lend you 90% of the money and you'll have to find the difference (ie the other 10%). ❍ We measured the difference(s) in temperature. ❍ There's not much difference in price between the two computers.
၃။ [C] ~ (between A and B ) (over sth ) အမြင်မတူမှု။ သဘော ထားကွဲလွဲမှု။
Why don't you settle your differences and be friends again? ❍ There was a difference of opinion over who had won.
❏ for all the differences it/sth makes [IDM ] မဆိုစလောက် ကွဲပြားတာလေးကို စကားထဲထည့်ပြောတယ်။
❏ make a, no, some, etc difference (to sb/sth) [IDM]
၁။ ထူးခြားမှု၊ ပြောင်းလဲမှု ရှိသည်/ မရှိ။
The rain didn't make much difference (to the game). ❍ The sea air has made a big difference to (ie greatly improved) her health. ❍ A hot shower makes all the difference (ie makes you feel better) in the morning.
၂။ အရေးကြီးသည်/မကြီး။ အကြောင်းထူးသည်/မထူး။
It makes no difference (to me) what you say: I'm not going. ❍ It won't make much difference whether you go today or tomorrow. ❍ Does that make any difference (ie Is it important, need we consider it)? ❍ Yes, it makes all the difference (ie it is very important).
❏ with a difference [IDM ] (following ns ) အများနှင့်မတူ တစ်မူထူးသော။
She's an opera singer with a difference: she can act as well!
- Cultural/social/political differences
- [difference between] : What’s the difference between these two computers?
- [difference in] : There’s a big difference in the attitudes of town and country people.
- [slight/subtle/minor differences] : There are subtle differences in their arrangement of the music.
- [significant/marked/major difference] : The significant difference in sound quality between CDs and records
- [crucial/essential/fundamental difference] : The fundamental difference between John and Jake is their attitudes to money.
- The same car costs £500 less here, which is quite a difference!
- [difference of] : The winner received 2365 votes, and the runner-up 2348 – a difference of only 17 votes.
- [age/price/temperature difference] : Despite this age difference, they fell in love.
- There’s a world of difference between liking someone and wanting to marry them.
- Trying to smooth out differences between them
- [have your differences] : Joe and I have had our differences, but we work well together.
- [resolve/settle your differences] : The two parties agreed to settle their differences.
- [irreconcilable differences] : Journalists were told the talks had broken down because of irreconcilable differences.
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