違ちがい
Meanings
Noun
1. difference; distinction; discrepancy
Where does this difference come from?
2. mistake; error
Kanji used
different therefore wrong
Pitch accent
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がい
Top 1500
Used in vocabulary (73 in total)
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
Examples (72 in total)
Is there a difference?
Can you see the difference?
What's the biggest difference?
What exactly is the difference?
What's the difference between a bicycle and a motorcycle?
What's the difference between a miniskirt and a microskirt?
What's the difference between these two?
Are there any obvious differences?
My brother and I are three years apart.
What is the difference between 'city' and 'town'?
What's the difference between a magazine and a newspaper?
What's the difference between a star and a planet?
That is likely the difference in character between the two.
I can't tell the difference in taste, so anything is fine.
What's the difference between a stream and a river?
I cannot tell the difference between pork and beef.
What's the difference between a religion and a cult?
What's the difference between lions and leopards?
Do you know the difference between a microscope and a telescope?
Do you know what the differences between emoticons and emojis are?
What is the difference between Iaido and Kendo?
What is the difference between this and that?
Why does such a big difference arise?
What's the difference between a village and a town?
What's the difference between a friend and a lover?
Even without being conscious of it, the difference between the two characters is obvious.
There is a great difference between boys and girls.
She must be ill in bed.
There is one big difference.
What is the difference between these two words?
In practice, there is little difference between the two.
I found each difference endearing.
What's the difference between religion and philosophy?
A slight difference can drastically change the meaning.
They were born one month apart in 1970.
There are noticeable differences between the two.
I don't really understand the difference between a professor and a lecturer.
There is a marked difference between them.
Compared to the conventional one, the difference is obvious.
Please explain the difference between the modern era and the contemporary era.
The difference between the two versions isn't clear.
A musician can appreciate small differences in sounds.
Can you describe to me the difference between black tea and green tea?
Tom doesn't know the difference between wine and champagne.
He must have drunk too much last night.
I missed the train by a minute.
Tom doesn't know the difference between Iraq and Iran.
What's the difference between football and soccer?
Can you tell the difference between an American and a Canadian?
Tom doesn't understand the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs.
I can't tell pink from fuchsia.
The fact is that he did not notice the difference.
There is a fundamental difference between your opinion and mine.
When compared, the difference appears blatantly obvious.
I understand well the problems caused by racial differences.
As your senior, I'll show you the difference in our levels.
We learned about the sex differences between males and females in science class.
Manners and customs vary greatly from country to country.
There are subtle differences between the two things.
He could not perceive any difference between the twins.
Well, we're a year apart, but we're pretty much like contemporaries.
Tom can't taste the difference between expensive wine and cheap wine.
It makes little difference to me whether you believe it or not.
What are some of the differences between American English and British English?
It is simply that the roles to be fulfilled are different; that is the only difference.
There's a subtle difference in meaning between the two words.
There is little, if any, difference between the two.
Mr Jones is very sensitive to the nuances of English and American usage.
Personally, I don't think it makes any difference who wins the election.
Judging by the swelling, the man must have been bitten by a snake.
In spite of their various differences, Joan and Ann are friends.
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.