differencing

Adjective

differencing (comparative more differencing, superlative most differencing)

1. (obsolete) Different; distinguishing.
   • Nay, it would follow, that Adam after he sinned, and was condemned by the Covenant of works, had terms of Life offered to him by that very same Covenant which he was condemned by: Which, with a hundred more differencing things, would raise a Blush in a modest person to assert, that ist was in...1750, Daniel Williams, Practical Discourses on several important subjects, page 513
   • There is belonging, as very peculiar, (and some think it is most of all peculiar) to the mind and spirit of man, the capacity of religion, of which the brute creature is altogether incapable: some think this more differencing of man than reason itself.1835, John Howe, The Works, page 1180
2. Involving the taking of differences or noting of changes.
   • The volatility also tends to increase continuously with the length of the differencing interval.1992, Journal of Banking & Finance - Volume 16, page 72
   • The differencing disk points to the original base .vhd file, and the only thing that gets saved to the differencing disk is any change from the base VM.2011, Charlie Russel, Sharon Crawford, Windows Small Business Server 2011 Administrator's Companion