Three vs Diff - What's the difference?
three | diff |
(cardinal) A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as ; This many dots (•••).
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(of a set or group) Having three elements.
The digit/figure 3.
Anything measuring three units, as length.
A person who is three years old.
The playing card featuring three pips.
(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 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)- Venters began to count them—one—two—three —four—on up to sixteen.
Synonyms
* (numerical value) leash, tether (dialectal)See also
*Noun
(en noun)- Put all the threes in a separate container.
- All the threes will go in Mrs. Smith's class, while I'll take the fours and fives.
Derived terms
* threefold * threepence * threesome * thruppence * three-upSee also
* (Symbols of number three in various numeral systems) * * : 3 * * : ?, ? * : * * * * * * * * * * * * : * : III * * * *Statistics
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English
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 .