Cliff vs Diff - What's the difference?
cliff | diff |
(slang)
(computing) Any program which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.
(computing) The output of a diff program. A diff file.
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(medicine) : differential of types of white blood cell in a complete blood count.
(slang)
(rock climbing) A difficult route.
(computing) To run a diff program on (files or items) so as to produce a description of the differences between them, as for a patch file.
(computing) To compare two files or other objects, manually or otherwise.
(computing) A program, historically part of the Unix operating system, which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.
As proper nouns the difference between cliff and diff
is that cliff is a diminutive of the male given name clifford while diff is (computing) a program, historically part of the unix operating system, which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.As a noun diff is
(slang).As a verb diff is
(computing) to run a diff program on (files or items) so as to produce a description of the differences between them, as for a patch file.cliff
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(wikipedia cliff)Etymology 1
(etyl) clif .Synonyms
* precipiceDerived terms
* cliff swallow * cliff-face * cliffed * cliffhanger * cliffing * cliffyEtymology 2
diff
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Noun
(en noun)- A peach and an apricot? What's the diff ?
Essay:
- I didn't want to waste people's time telling them things they already knew. It's more efficient just to give them the diffs .