[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/difference.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / difference [← D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/D/) # difference «difference» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **how much bigger one number is than another; you find it…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun (difference, differences) ### meaning for a pupil 1) In maths, the difference is how much bigger one number is than another; you find it by subtracting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difference/#m1) 2) A difference is a way in which two things are not the same: spot the differences. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difference/#m2) 3) To make a difference is to change something, often for the better. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difference/#m3) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: God makes a difference between Israel and the Egyptians, and Israel must tell holy from common and clean from unclean. Interpretation: Tradition calls this "havdalah", or separating, a key idea of Judaism that is also marked at the end of Shabbat. In the primary lessons: the answer to «how many more/fewer … than» (subtract the smaller from the bigger); in class «find the difference between», «spot the difference»; in science differences between animals or materials; in everyday life «it makes no difference», «make a difference» ### examples - And that ye may put difference between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean; (Torah LEV.10.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difference/#x1) - to make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten. (Torah LEV.11.47, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difference/#x2) - But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog whet his tongue, against man or beast; that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. (Torah EXO.11.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difference/#x3) - And they shall teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. (Prophets EZK.44.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difference/#x4) - Here the word «more» does not mean adding: it asks how big the difference is. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difference/#x5) - What is the difference between 15 and 9? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difference/#x6) - Find the difference between Tom's 12 stickers and Ann's 7. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difference/#x7) - The difference between 20 and 13 is 7. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difference/#x8) - Can you spot five differences between the pictures? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difference/#x9) - One difference between frogs and toads is their skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difference/#x10) - Recycling makes a big difference to our planet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difference/#x11) - Twins can look the same, but there are small differences. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difference/#x12) ### note Difference means subtract the smaller from the bigger. Trap: the word «more» in «how many more … than» asks for a difference, not a sum. Adjective «different». Check: smaller number + difference = bigger number. ### In the corpora - [And that ye may put difference between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.244/) - ["Musical differences" and "taking a break" mean only what was said; nobody outside the band knows the rest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/48-famous-people-are-people/12/) - [Darwin visited the Galápagos on the Beagle in 1835, and the differences between islands helped him explain evolution in his book of 1859.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/180-the-galapagos-giant-tortoises-sea-iguanas-darwins-finches-and-tame-sea-lions/13/) - [Most things around us are solids, liquids or gases, and the difference is how their particles behave.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/4-solids-liquids-and-gases/0/) - ["Irreconcilable differences" is the official reason given for a divorce (US).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/13-relations-and-family/20/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «difference» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difference/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.