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vive la difference

vive la difference is the alternative form of vive la différence.

Meaning of vive la différence

Phrase

vive la différence

  1. (humorous, often) Used to express appreciation of diversity, especially between the sexes; sometimes referring to cultural diversity, and more rarely to diversity of opinion, as in "let's agree to disagree".
    Synonyms:
    long live the difference

Questions about vive la difference

What is vive la difference the alternative form of?
Vive la difference is the alternative form of vive la différence.

Words near vive la difference in the dictionary

  1. vivax malaria
  2. vivaxes
  3. vivaxis
  4. vivda
  5. vive
  6. vive la difference
  7. vive la différence
  8. Vivek
  9. vively
  10. vivency
  11. Viverette

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vive la difference (page history and authors); vive la différence (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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