Difference Of Opinion

  

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Difference Of Opinion

Definition: Difference Of Opinion

Difference Of Opinion

Noun

1. A disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Difference Of Opinion

Synonyms: conflict (n), difference (n), dispute (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Difference Of Opinion

English words defined with "difference of opinion": dissentintolerant, IntolerationRadical vessels. (references)
Specialty definitions using "difference of opinion": Real Programmers Don't Use PascalWHICH. (references)

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Modern Usage: Difference Of Opinion

DomainUsage

Clever

It is difference of opinion that makes horse races. (references; author: Mark Twain)

It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse-races. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Difference Of Opinion

DomainTitle

Books

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Historic Usage: Difference Of Opinion

AuthorDateQuotation

Treaty of Versailles

1919

In case of any difference of opinion, the League of Nations will be called on to decide. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Difference Of Opinion

TitleAuthorQuote

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

With all this difference of opinion as to the cause of his decline, there could be no question of the fact.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Difference Of Opinion

SubjectTopicQuote

Civil Liberties

Libya

The authorities tolerate some difference of opinion in People's Committee meetings and at the General People's Congress. (references)

Worker Rights

Cape Verde

The CFA also reported that the Government began to take measures to amend its legislation so that in the event of disagreement between the parties on the minimum services to be provided during strikes, this difference of opinion is resolved by an independent body. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Difference Of Opinion

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle.

James Monroe

1817-1825In matters touching our commercial intercourse, where a difference of opinion has existed as to the conditions on which it should be placed, each party has pursued its own policy without giving just cause of offense to the other.

James K. Polk

1845-1849Nor does there seem to be any material difference of opinion as to the absence of right in the Government to tax one section of country, or one class of citizens, or one occupation, for the mere profit of another.

James Buchanan

1857-1861A difference of opinion has arisen in regard to the point of time when the people of a Territory shall decide this question for themselves.

Abraham Lincoln

1861-1865There is some difference of opinion whether this clause should be enforced by national or by State authority, but surely that difference is not a very material one.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969For the hour and the day and the time are here to achieve progress without strife, to achieve change without hatred--not without difference of opinion, but without the deep and abiding divisions which scar the union for generations.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Modern Translations: Difference Of Opinion

Language Translations for "difference of opinion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Czech

  

názorové rozdíly. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

erimielisyys (disagreement). (various references)

   

French

  

divergence d'opinion, différend (differentially, differing, disagreement, discord, discriminative, dispute). (various references)

   

German

  

meinungsverschiedenheit (disagreement, dissension, disservice). (various references)

   

Italian

  

dissenso (disagreement, dissension, dissent, disservice). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ifferenceday ofay opinionay

   

Swedish

  

åsiktsbrytning. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Difference Of Opinion

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

querella, querellae, querellam, querellas, querellosi. (various references)

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Alternative Orthography: Difference Of Opinion


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 69 66 66 65 72 65 6E 63 65      4F 66      4F 70 69 6E 69 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01101001 01100110 01100110 01100101 01110010 01100101 01101110 01100011 01100101 00100000 01001111 01100110 00100000 01001111 01110000 01101001 01101110 01101001 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#105 &#102 &#102 &#101 &#114 &#101 &#110 &#99 &#101 &#32 &#79 &#102 &#32 &#79 &#112 &#105 &#110 &#105 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0069 0066 0066 0065 0072 0065 006E 0063 0065      004F 0066      004F 0070 0069 006E 0069 006F 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3875727271847180697124972249827580758180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Historic
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Quotations: Speeches
10. Translations: Modern
11. Translations: Ancient
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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