Hundred Years' War | the series of wars fought intermittently between France and England, - |
Seven Years' War | a war of England and Prussia against France and Austria (-), Britain and Prussia got the better of it |
Thirty Years' War | a series of conflicts (-) between Protestants and Catholics starting in Germany and spreading until France and Denmark and Sweden were opposing the Holy Roman Empire and Spain |
difference | the quality of being unlike or dissimilar, there are many differences between jazz and rock |
difference threshold differential threshold difference limen differential limen | the smallest change in stimulation that a person can detect |
just-noticeable difference jnd | (psychophysics) the difference between two stimuli that (under properly controlled experimental conditions) is detected as often as it is undetected |
rank-order correlation coefficient rank-order correlation rank-difference correlation coefficient rank-difference correlation | the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variables |
dispute difference difference of opinion conflict | 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 |
deviation divergence departure difference | a variation that deviates from the standard or norm, the deviation from the mean |
electric potential potential potential difference potential drop voltage | the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts |
remainder difference | the number that remains after subtraction, the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend |
difference | a significant change, the difference in her is amazing, his support made a real difference |
days years | the time during which someone's life continues, the monarch's last days, in his final years |
golden years | the time of life after retirement from active work |
old age years age eld geezerhood | a late time of life, old age is not for sissies, he's showing his years, age hasn't slowed him down at all, a beard white with eld, on the brink of geezerhood |
long time age years | a prolonged period of time, we've known each other for ages, I haven't been there for years and years |