nondifference

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

non- +‎ difference

Noun[edit]

nondifference (countable and uncountable, plural nondifferences)

  1. (philosophy, uncountable) Absence of difference.
  2. (countable) That which is not a difference; a similarity or likeness.
    • 2014, Marco Madella, Carla Lancelotti, Manon Savard, Ancient Plants and People: Contemporary Trends in Archaeobotany:
      This allows for inducing quantitative differences (or nondifferences) between two populations from differences (or nondifferences) between their samples.