What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Three vs Diff - What's the difference?

three | diff |

As nouns the difference between three and diff

is that three is the digit/figure 3 while diff is (slang).

As a numeral three

is (cardinal) a numerical value after two and before four represented in arabic digits as ; this many dots (•••).

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.

As a proper noun 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.

three

English

(wikipedia three)

Alternative forms

* (all obsolete)

Numeral

(head)
  • (cardinal) A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as ; This many dots (•••).
  • *
  • Venters began to count them—one—two—three —four—on up to sixteen.
  • (of a set or group) Having three elements.
  • Synonyms

    * (numerical value) leash, tether (dialectal)

    See also

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The digit/figure 3.
  • Anything measuring three units, as length.
  • Put all the threes in a separate container.
  • A person who is three years old.
  • All the threes will go in Mrs. Smith's class, while I'll take the fours and fives.
  • The playing card featuring three pips.
  • Derived terms

    * threefold * threepence * threesome * thruppence * three-up

    See also

    * (Symbols of number three in various numeral systems) * * : 3 * * : ?, ? * : * * * * * * * * * * * * : * : III * * * *

    Statistics

    *

    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