diff
/dɪf/
diff 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. Also the clipping of difference.
Noun
diff (countable and uncountable, plural diffs)
- 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.
- tank diff (i.e., the deciding factor in the game was the difference in skill between the teams' tank players)
- Any program which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.
- The output of a diff program, a diff file.
- edit diff
- I didn't want to waste people's time telling them things they already knew. It's more efficient just to give them the diffs.2004, Paul Graham, Great Hackers, Essay
- A difficult route.
Verb
diff (third-person singular simple present diffs, present participle diffing, simple past and past participle diffed)
- To run a diff program on (files or items) so as to produce a description of the differences between them, as for a patch file.
- As we move through this chapter, you will quickly see the benefits of diffing code changes to drivers, libraries, and applications.2011, Gray Hat Hacking : The Ethical Hacker's Handbook, 3rd edition, New York: McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 484
- To compare two files or other objects, manually or otherwise.
- To win (or to be able to win) a fight against another, with a defined level of difficulty. Usually used when power scaling fictional characters.
- Fraubull gets wifi diffed by Shanks while Doffy easily broke free from Aokiji freeze and left with a smile.2026 July 30, u/RPH626, Reddit
Proper noun
diff
- A program, historically part of the Unix operating system, which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.
Also used as
diff is also the clipping of difference.
diff is also the clipping of differential.
diff is also the abbreviation of differential.
diff is also the clipping of difficulty.
diff is also the abbreviation of different.
Examples of diff in a sentence
- Are you taking diff EQ this semester?
- Haven't tested your latest diff, but I think you have a copy-pasto here (", cnt").
- PIECE-DE-XXX (pellet, on Lyon coins; engraver's différent, on Metz) DENIERS- Individual punches for all elements; dentilated borders.
Forms of diff
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | diffs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | diffs |
| present participle | diffing |
| past participle | diffed |
| past | diffed |
Words formed from diff
Phrases with diff
Words that rhyme with diff
Questions about diff
- What does diff mean?
- Diff means 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.
- What part of speech is diff?
- Diff can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce diff?
- Diff is pronounced /dɪf/.
- What is the plural of diff?
- The plural of diff is diffs.
Words near diff in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: diff (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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