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made the difference

made the difference is the simple past and past participle of make the difference.

Meaning of make the difference

Verb

make the difference (third-person singular simple present makes the difference, present participle making the difference, simple past and past participle made the difference)

  1. To be the decisive factor.

Questions about made the difference

What is made the difference the simple past and past participle of?
Made the difference is the simple past and past participle of make the difference.

Words near made the difference in the dictionary

  1. made the best of one's way
  2. made the case for
  3. made the cheese more binding
  4. made the cut
  5. made the deasil
  6. made the difference
  7. made the dust fly
  8. made the feathers fly
  9. made the first move
  10. made the fur fly
  11. made the grade

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Adapted from Wiktionary: made the difference (page history and authors); make the 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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