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making the difference

making the difference is the present participle and gerund 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 making the difference

What is making the difference the present participle and gerund of?
Making the difference is the present participle and gerund of make the difference.

Words near making the difference in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: making 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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