difference (the ordinary sense is freq.; in Sonn. cv. 8 app. a ref. to the use in logic=differentia, the attribute by which a species is distinguished from all other species of the same genus)
1.
diversity of
opinion, disagreement, dispute Mer.V. IV. i. 171;
“at ,” at variance,
in disagreement Cor. V. iii.
201: “Vexed . . . with
passions of some difference”
(=conflicting emotions) Cæs. I. ii.
40.
2.
characteristic or
distinguishing feature
Ham. V. ii. 113
“full of most excellent
differences.”
3.
(heraldic term)
alteration or addition to a coat of arms, to
distinguish a younger or lateral branch of a family;
fig. Ado I. i. 70, Ham. IV. v. 182*.
4.
“make difference,”
discriminate Wiv. II. i. 57.
