różnica

== Polish == === Alternative forms === róznica (Middle Polish) róźnica (Lasovia) === Etymology === From różny + -ica. First attested in 1500–1547. Compare Belarusian ро́зніца (róznica), Czech různice, Kashubian różnica, Russian ра́зница (ráznica), Silesian rōżnica, and Ukrainian різни́ця (riznýcja). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -it͡sa Syllabification: róż‧ni‧ca === Noun === różnica f (related adjective różnicowy) difference (characteristic of something that makes it different from something else) [with między (+ instrumental) ‘between what’], [with w (+ locative) ‘in what’] Synonym: rozróżnienie Antonym: podobieństwo (arithmetic) difference (result of subtraction) (obsolete) difference (disagreement or argument) (obsolete) difference (choice, preference) (obsolete) camp, party (group with which one agrees) Synonyms: obóz, stronnictwo, ugrupowanie (obsolete) part; detail (obsolete) trouble; distraction; obstacle (obsolete) distance (space between two things) Synonym: odległość (Middle Polish) riots, conflicts, social unrest (Middle Polish) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: natural disaster (Chełmno) stuff (various things) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Trivia === According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), różnica is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 42 times in scientific texts, 4 times in news, 27 times in essays, 5 times in fiction, and 7 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 85 times, making it the 753rd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words. === References === === Further reading === “różnica”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “różnica”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish) Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “różnica”, in Słownik języka polskiego Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “różnica”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861 J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1912), “różnica”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 5, Warsaw, page 751 Kazimierz Nitsch (1907), “różnica”, in “Dyalekty polskie Prus zachodnich”, in Materyały i Prace Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie (in Polish), volume 3, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 392