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what's the difference

what's the difference phrase: (rhetorical question) The difference does not matter; so what?

Phrase

what's the difference?

  1. (idiomatic) (rhetorical question) The difference does not matter; so what?
    • “Genies, fairies, whatever, what's the difference, bring them here I want to talk to them,”2010, Patricia O'Grady, Tales of the Whosawhachits: Key Holder of the Realms:Book 1
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see what, is, the, difference.
    • "I don't see why it's any more ridiculous to wear flowers on your hat than on your dress," protested Anne. "Lots of little girls there had bouquets pinned on their dresses. What's the difference?"1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter XII, in Anne of Green Gables
    • What's the difference between new Windows programs and old ones? If you're paying close attention, you'll notice subtle differences in the way new 32-bit Windows programs look. Dialog boxes, for example, are likely to have tabbed pages ...1997, Ed Bott, Using Windows

Questions about what's the difference

What does what's the difference mean?
What's the difference means (rhetorical question) The difference does not matter; so what?
What part of speech is what's the difference?
What's the difference is a phrase.

Words near what's the difference in the dictionary

  1. what's the big idea
  2. what's the crack
  3. what's the craic
  4. what's the damage
  5. what's the deal
  6. what's the difference
  7. what's the good of
  8. what's the haps
  9. what's the matter
  10. what's the scam
  11. what's the story

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