Talk:difference
Latest comment: 4 years ago by Sobreira in topic Prepositions following difference etc.
Prepositions following difference etc.[edit]
BTW, what's the difference with category:en:Drugs? (do I say well? difference with?-to?-respect to?) Sobreira ►〓 (parlez) 08:36, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
- "From" is my favorite. At Google NGrams difference to is the winner, with difference from about 50-60% as popular, and difference with about 25-30% as popular. Differing from is much more popular than the other possibilities, but differing with is used in cases of disagreements with people, statements, ideas, etc. Different from is much more common than the corresponding other possibilities. For a different definition of difference difference in is nearly three times as common as difference of, despite the very common collocation difference of opinion. DCDuring (talk) 13:03, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
- Difference with respect to is more common than difference about, which is more common than difference regarding. DCDuring (talk) 13:08, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
- For/From a different differ- view
| to | from | with | of | in | |
| difference | >% | 50-60% of >% | 25-30% of >% | ||
| difference2 | x | 3x | |||
| differing | >% | disagree | |||
| different | ! | ! | ! |