Difference in Different Languages
Discover 'Difference' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Difference
Afrikaans verskil | ||
Albanian ndryshim | ||
Amharic ልዩነት | ||
Arabic فرق | ||
Armenian տարբերություն | ||
Assamese পাৰ্থক্য | ||
Aymara mayjt'a | ||
Azerbaijani fərq | ||
Bambara danfara | ||
Basque aldea | ||
Belarusian розніца | ||
Bengali পার্থক্য | ||
Bhojpuri अंतर | ||
Bosnian razlika | ||
Bulgarian разлика | ||
Catalan diferència | ||
Cebuano kalainan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 区别 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 區別 | ||
Corsican diffarenza | ||
Croatian razlika | ||
Czech rozdíl | ||
Danish forskel | ||
Dhivehi ތަފާތު | ||
Dogri फर्क | ||
Dutch verschil | ||
English difference | ||
Esperanto diferenco | ||
Estonian erinevus | ||
Ewe vovototo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pagkakaiba | ||
Finnish ero | ||
French différence | ||
Frisian ferskil | ||
Galician diferenza | ||
Georgian განსხვავება | ||
German unterschied | ||
Greek διαφορά | ||
Guarani joavy | ||
Gujarati તફાવત | ||
Haitian Creole diferans | ||
Hausa bambanci | ||
Hawaiian ʻokoʻa | ||
Hebrew הֶבדֵל | ||
Hindi अंतर | ||
Hmong qhov txawv | ||
Hungarian különbség | ||
Icelandic munur | ||
Igbo ihe dị iche | ||
Ilocano giddiat | ||
Indonesian perbedaan | ||
Irish difríocht | ||
Italian differenza | ||
Japanese 差 | ||
Javanese bedane | ||
Kannada ವ್ಯತ್ಯಾಸ | ||
Kazakh айырмашылық | ||
Khmer ភាពខុសគ្នា | ||
Kinyarwanda itandukaniro | ||
Konkani भेद | ||
Korean 차 | ||
Krio difrɛn | ||
Kurdish ferq | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) جیاوازی | ||
Kyrgyz айырма | ||
Lao ຄວາມແຕກຕ່າງ | ||
Latin difference | ||
Latvian atšķirība | ||
Lingala bokeseni | ||
Lithuanian skirtumas | ||
Luganda enjawulo | ||
Luxembourgish ënnerscheed | ||
Macedonian разликата | ||
Maithili अंतर | ||
Malagasy fahasamihafana | ||
Malay beza | ||
Malayalam വ്യത്യാസം | ||
Maltese differenza | ||
Maori rerekētanga | ||
Marathi फरक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯈꯦꯟꯅꯕ | ||
Mizo danglamna | ||
Mongolian ялгаа | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ခြားနားချက် | ||
Nepali फरक | ||
Norwegian forskjell | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kusiyana | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପାର୍ଥକ୍ୟ | ||
Oromo garaagarummaa | ||
Pashto توپیر | ||
Persian تفاوت | ||
Polish różnica | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) diferença | ||
Punjabi ਅੰਤਰ | ||
Quechua sapaq kay | ||
Romanian diferență | ||
Russian разница | ||
Samoan eseʻesega | ||
Sanskrit अंतरण | ||
Scots Gaelic eadar-dhealachadh | ||
Sepedi phapano | ||
Serbian разлика | ||
Sesotho phapang | ||
Shona mutsauko | ||
Sindhi فرق | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) වෙනස | ||
Slovak rozdiel | ||
Slovenian razlika | ||
Somali farqiga | ||
Spanish diferencia | ||
Sundanese bédana | ||
Swahili tofauti | ||
Swedish skillnad | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pagkakaiba-iba | ||
Tajik фарқият | ||
Tamil வித்தியாசம் | ||
Tatar аерма | ||
Telugu తేడా | ||
Thai ความแตกต่าง | ||
Tigrinya ኣፈላላይ | ||
Tsonga hambana | ||
Turkish fark | ||
Turkmen tapawut | ||
Twi (Akan) nsonsonoeɛ | ||
Ukrainian різниця | ||
Urdu فرق | ||
Uyghur پەرقى | ||
Uzbek farq | ||
Vietnamese sự khác biệt | ||
Welsh gwahaniaeth | ||
Xhosa umahluko | ||
Yiddish חילוק | ||
Yoruba iyato | ||
Zulu umehluko |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "verskil" also refers to a mathematical quotient. |
| Albanian | Ndryshim derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *tr̥ 'to cross', hence 'difference'. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "فرق" can also mean "disunity" or "separation". |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "fərq" is ultimately derived from the Arabic "farq" ("separation, distance") but can also mean "interest" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | "Aldea" can also refer to a "village" or "neighborhood" in Spanish. |
| Belarusian | As a derivative of the Proto-Slavic word "*raznъ," "розніца" also means "retail trade" in Belarusian. |
| Bengali | পার্থক্য shares the same etymology with "partner" and "participation" as they all stem from "part". |
| Bosnian | The word "razlika" in Bosnian can also refer to a distinction, contrast, or disagreement. |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, the word "разлика" can also refer to the "amount by which one thing differs from another". |
| Catalan | The word "diferència" in Catalan can also refer to a legal dispute or a controversy. |
| Cebuano | The word |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The Chinese character "区别" originally meant "distinguish", but its meaning has gradually expanded to include "difference". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "區" means area or zone and "別" means distinguish or differentiation, so "區別" implies distinguishing between areas or zones. |
| Corsican | Corsican diffarenza is ultimately derived from Latin differentia, meaning "difference" or "distinction". |
| Croatian | The word "razlika" comes from the Proto-Slavic root *razl-, meaning "to separate". |
| Czech | "Rozdíl" comes from the Old Czech word "rozieti", meaning "to disperse". |
| Danish | The word "forskel" in Danish derives from the Old Norse word "forskell", meaning "distinction or disagreement". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "verschil" is derived from the Old French word "dissemblance", meaning "dissimilarity". |
| Esperanto | Its root word is 'difere,' meaning 'to differ' or 'to be different'. |
| Estonian | "Erinevus" is derived from the Proto-Finnic word *erine-, meaning "to separate, be different". |
| Finnish | The word "ero" also has the meaning "deviation" or "disparity" |
| French | The French word "différence" shares an etymology with "differ" in English, both referring to "doing apart." |
| Frisian | "Ferskil" in Frisian is derived from Proto-Germanic words meaning "dividing" or "separation". |
| Galician | It also means "dispute" or "quarrel" in Galician. |
| Georgian | "განსხვავება" (difference) originates from the Middle Persian word "distag" (distinction), which is of Sanskrit origin and means "to show" or "to point out". |
| German | The word "Unterschied" can also refer to a distinctive feature or attribute. |
| Greek | "Διαφορά" means 'difference' in Greek, but it also implies 'variance', 'discrepancy', 'dispute', 'controversy' or 'quarrel'. |
| Gujarati | In Gujarati, "તફાવત" can also mean "distinction" or "contrast." |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "diferans" also means "argument" or "quarrel." |
| Hausa | The word "bambanci" can also mean "discrimination" or "inequality" in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | The word ʻokoʻa is related to other words meaning 'to turn', 'to change', and 'to deviate'. |
| Hebrew | "הֶבדֵל" is the root of the word "מַהְבֶּדֶל" (difference), meaning "separation", and can refer to the difference in appearance or nature between two or more things of the same type. |
| Hindi | The word 'अंतर' shares cognate roots with words like 'internal', 'intermediary', and 'intermediate'. |
| Hmong | The word "qhov txawv" can also mean "the other side" or "the other way". |
| Hungarian | "Különbség" in Hungarian comes from the word "különb": better, different, more distinct, more special, unusual. |
| Icelandic | The word also has other meanings like 'distinction' and 'honour'. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "ihe dị iche" can also mean "what is different" or "the difference between two things." |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "perbedaan" derives from the root "beda", meaning "other" or "different". In Old Javanese, it referred to "dissimilarity", "contrast", or "distinction". |
| Irish | The Irish word "difríocht" not only means "difference", but also "discrimination" and "prejudice". |
| Italian | The word "differenza" in Italian can also refer to a lawsuit or a distinction between two things. |
| Japanese | The word "差" can also mean "error" or "mistake" in Japanese. |
| Javanese | The word "bedane" in Javanese also means "the rest" or "what is left over". |
| Korean | The word 차 (차이) can also mean 'to distinguish' or 'discriminate' |
| Kurdish | "Ferq" comes from the same root as the word "farq" in Arabic, meaning "distinction" or "discrimination". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "айырма" also refers to the act of distinguishing something from another. |
| Latin | The Latin word "differentia" means both "difference" and "distinctive quality". |
| Latvian | "Atšķirība" also means "distinction," "variation," or "contradiction," depending on the context. |
| Lithuanian | In Lithuanian, the word "skirtumas" also means "discrimination" or "discrepancy". |
| Luxembourgish | "Ënnerscheed" is also a name for a type of soup in Luxembourgish, and may be a descendant of the old High German word "underscheid" (literally "undershoot"), referring to its status as a light meal served before a main dish. |
| Macedonian | The term also refers to the divergence in opinion between several individuals, or dispute. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "fahasamihafana" is derived from the root word "samy," meaning "one," and the prefix "faha," which denotes quality or state, and the suffix "-ana" which indicates plurality, together forming the concept of "difference" or "diversity." |
| Malay | The word "beza" can also refer to the difference between two things, or the amount by which one thing is greater than another. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "വ്യത്യാസം" also means "discrimination", "distinction", and "contrast". |
| Maltese | "Differenza" comes from the Arabic word "فرق" (faraq), which means "to divide". |
| Maori | This word also implies the different aspects of a subject, or varying conditions of a thing, or different degrees of a quality, or different forms of a body, or the different parts or members of an action, or the different circumstances of any proceeding. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "फरक" likely originated from the Persian word "farq" meaning "distinction". |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "ялгаа" derives from the Proto-Mongolic root *yalg- (*divide), which is also reflected in the word "ялгарах" (to divide). |
| Nepali | The Hindi word 'farak' which derives from the Sanskrit word 'vibhraam' has an alternate meaning of 'separation'. |
| Norwegian | The word 'forskjell' is derived from the Old Norse word 'fors,' meaning 'waterfall' or 'rapids,' and refers to the contrast between two different forces or streams. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Nyanja word “kusiyana” can also refer to disagreement or variation. |
| Pashto | In addition to "difference," تاپير also means "to make different" or "to distinguish." |
| Persian | "تفاوت" can also mean "distinction" or "discrimination" in Persian. |
| Polish | "Różnica" can also mean "exchange rate" or "change in value" in Polish. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "diferença" originates from the Latin word "differentia", meaning "distinction" or "separation". |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਅੰਤਰ" (antar) has many meanings, including "distance", "interval", "partition", and "end". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "diferență" traces its origins to the Old Church Slavonic root "разнит(и)" which originally meant "to separate," "to set apart". |
| Russian | The word "разница" has an alternate meaning of "profit". |
| Samoan | The word 'ese'esega' also means 'distinguish', which is derived from the word 'ese'e', meaning 'to separate'. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "разлика" (difference) is also used to describe a distance or interval, such as a "разлика у годинама" (age difference). |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "phapang" is also a homophone of the word "papang", meaning "to meet". |
| Shona | Mutsauko is also used in Shona to refer to a distinction between two people or things. |
| Sindhi | In Sindhi, 'فرق' also refers to 'separation, distinction', and 'variation'. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "වෙනස" can also refer to "separation", "dissimilarity" or "discrimination". |
| Slovak | "Rozdiel" also has a colloquial meaning in Slovak (meaning "nonsense") that stems from a similar meaning of the Czech phrase "s roztížením rozuměti" ("understand with a delay"). |
| Slovenian | "Razlika" comes from the verb "razlikovati" ("to differentiate"), which in turn comes from the Proto-Slavic word "razlъkъ" ("distinction"). |
| Somali | Farqiga also refers to a type of traditional Somali dance, as well as a form of martial arts used in combat. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, 'diferencia' (difference) also means 'dispute' or 'distinction'. |
| Sundanese | The word "bédana" in Sundanese also means "disparity" or "distinction". |
| Swahili | The word "tofauti" is derived from the Arabic word "tafwid", meaning "entrustment" or "delegation". |
| Swedish | Skillnad is derived from the Old Norse skilja, meaning 'to separate' or 'to distinguish'. It can also refer to a disagreement or dispute. |
| Tajik | The word "фарқият" is borrowed from Arabic "فرق" (furq) meaning "divide, separate". |
| Tamil | In Tamil, the word 'வித்தியாசம்' (viddiyāsam) also means 'knowledge' or 'learning', reflecting the idea that 'difference' is an aspect of the process of gaining knowledge. |
| Telugu | "తేడా" is also the name of a musical instrument in Telugu, meaning "difference". |
| Thai | The word "difference" can also mean "contrast" or "distinction". |
| Turkish | "Fark" also refers to the distinction between something and its opposite or complement. |
| Ukrainian | The word "різниця" can also refer to "change" or "balance". |
| Urdu | In Arabic, "فرق" also means "a division of an army". |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "farq" also has the meaning of "perception", in the sense of how one perceives and interprets the world. |
| Vietnamese | "Sự khác biệt" can also refer to "a dispute", "an argument," or "a quarrel." |
| Welsh | The word "gwahaniaeth" can also refer to a distinction, contrast, or variation. |
| Xhosa | "Umahluko" also has the alternative meaning of "the act of dividing; separating". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "חילוק" comes from the Hebrew word "חילוק" meaning "to divide". |
| Yoruba | Iyato also means 'change', a noun formed from the verb 'yi' which means 'to move' or 'to change'. |
| Zulu | The word "umehluko" in Zulu stems from the verb "hlukanisa" meaning "to separate" or "to divide". |
| English | In archaic English, 'difference' also meant disagreement or dispute. |