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differenced

differenced is the simple past and past participle of difference.

Meaning of difference

Verb

difference (third-person singular simple present differences, present participle differencing, simple past and past participle differenced)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To distinguish or differentiate.
    • This simple spectation of the lungs is differenced from that which concomitates a pleurisy.1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions
  2. to modify a heraldic emblem so as to distinguish one branch of a house from another

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Questions about differenced

What is differenced the simple past and past participle of?
Differenced is the simple past and past participle of difference.

Words near differenced in the dictionary

  1. difference set
  2. difference sets
  3. difference-maker
  4. difference-makers
  5. difference-making
  6. differenced
  7. differences
  8. differences of opinion
  9. differences of two squares
  10. differencies
  11. differencing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: differenced (page history and authors); difference (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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