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world of difference

world of difference noun: a great or insurmountable difference.

Noun

world of difference (plural worlds of difference)

  1. (idiomatic) A great or insurmountable difference.
    • There's a world of difference between sushi and poké bowls.
    • There is a world of difference betweene the termes of disobedience, and of deposition. It is one thing to disobey the Kings commaund in matters prohibited by diuine lawes, and yet in all other matters to performe full subiection vnto the King. It is another thing of a farre higher degree or straine...1616 [1615], James VI and I, Pierre Du Moulin, “A Remonstrance for the Right of Kings, and the Independence of Their Crovvnes […]”, in James Montague, editor, The Workes of the Most High and Mightie...
  2. (dated, obsolete) A vast swath or expanse of land or water.

world of difference meaning in Bengali

world of difference in Bengali

একটি বিশাল, অজেয় পার্থক্য, ভূমি, জলের একটি বিশাল বিস্তৃতি

Examples of world of difference in a sentence

  • There is a world of difference betweene the termes of disobedience, and of deposition.1616 [1615], James VI and I, Pierre Du Moulin, “A Remonstrance for the Right of Kings, and the Independence of Their Crovvnes […]”, in...
  • Less than six months separate these two days of the year, but some six or seven years of playwriting have intervened and that world of difference between summer and winter.1971, Theodore Russell Weiss, The Breath of Clowns and Kings: Shakespeare’s Early Comedies and Histories, page 301:

Forms of world of difference

pluralworlds of difference

Origin of world of difference

First attested in the early 17th century.

Questions about world of difference

What does world of difference mean?
World of difference means a great or insurmountable difference.
What is world of difference in Bengali?
World of difference in Bengali is একটি বিশাল, অজেয় পার্থক্য, ভূমি. See World of difference meaning in Bengali.
How do you use world of difference in a sentence?
There is a world of difference betweene the termes of disobedience, and of deposition.
What part of speech is world of difference?
World of difference is a noun.
What is the plural of world of difference?
The plural of world of difference is worlds of difference.

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