Meanings
nounnondifference (countable and uncountable, plural nondifferences)
plural nondifferences
- uncountablehuman sciencesAbsence of difference.
- countableThat which is not a difference; a similarity or likeness.
This allows for inducing quantitative differences (or nondifferences) between two populations from differences (or nondifferences) between their samples.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
- Proto-Italic*ferō
- Latinferō
- Latindifferō
- Latindifferēns
- Latindifferentia
- Old Frenchdifference
- Middle Englishdifference
- Englishdifference
- Englishnondifference
From non- + difference.
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APA
nondifference. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nondifference
MLA
“nondifference.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nondifference. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nondifference,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nondifference.
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