make the difference

== English == === Verb === make the difference (third-person singular simple present makes the difference, present participle making the difference, simple past and past participle made the difference) To be the decisive factor. ==== Related terms ==== make a difference make all the difference ==== Further reading ==== “make the difference”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. “make a/the difference” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.