DIFFERENCED
Verb
differenced
simple past tense and past participle of difference
Source: Wiktionary
DIFFERENCE
Dif"fer*ence, n. Etym: [F. différence, L. differentia.]
1. The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or
unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a
difference of quality in paper; a difference in degrees of heat, or
of light; what is the difference between the innocent and the guilty
Differencies of administration, but the same Lord. 1 Cor. xii. 5.
2. Disagreement in opinion; dissension; controversy; quarrel; hence,
cause of dissension; matter in controversy.
What was the difference It was a contention in public. Shak.
Away therefore went I with the constable, leaving the old warden and
the young constable to compose their difference as they could. T.
Ellwood.
3. That by which one thing differs from another; that which
distinguishes or causes to differ;; mark of distinction;
characteristic quality; specific attribute.
The marks and differences of sovereignty. Davies.
4. Choice; preference. [Obs.]
That now be chooseth with vile difference To be a beast, and lack
intelligence. Spenser.
5. (Her.)
Definition: An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish the bearings of
two persons, which would otherwise be the same. See Augmentation, and
Marks of cadency, under Cadency.
6. (Logic)
Definition: The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus
to constitute a species; a differentia.
7. (Math.)
Definition: The quantity by which one quantity differs from another, or the
remainder left after subtracting the one from the other. Ascensional
difference. See under Ascensional.
Syn.
– Distinction; dissimilarity; dissimilitude; variation; diversity;
variety; contrariety; disagreement; variance; contest; contention;
dispute; controversy; debate; quarrel; wrangle; strife.
Dif"fer*ence, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Differenced; p. pr. & vb. n.
Differencing.]
Definition: To cause to differ; to make different; to mark as different; to
distinguish.
Thou mayest difference gods from men. Chapman.
Kings, in receiving justice and undergoing trial, are not differenced
from the meanest subject. Milton.
So completely differenced by their separate and individual characters
that we at once acknowledge them as distinct persons. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition