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Diffed vs Biffed - What's the difference?

diffed | biffed |

As verbs the difference between diffed and biffed

is that diffed is (diff) while biffed is (biff).

diffed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (diff)

    • diff

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang)
    • A peach and an apricot? What's the diff ?
  • (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.
  • * 2004 , , Great Hackers , 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 .
  • (medicine) : differential of types of white blood cell in a complete blood count.
  • (slang)
  • (rock climbing) A difficult route.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (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.

    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (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.

    • See also

    * (computing ) patch

    Related terms

    * (computing ) diff file

    biffed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (biff)

    • biff

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sudden, sharp blow or punch.
  • (sports): A wipeout.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To strike such a blow.
  • (NZ, slang) To discard; to throw out; to throw away.
  • (sports) To wipe out; to faceplant; to fall.