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make a difference

verb

Definitions

  1. To carry out an action, the result of which is a significant change, or an altered…

    To carry out an action, the result of which is a significant change, or an altered circumstance.

    • I was hoping that, by volunteering at this refuge, I could make a difference, however small.

  2. To be of importance

    To be of importance; to matter.

    • I don't think it makes a difference whether you come tonight or not.
    • Increasingly, it does not make a difference—economically, at least—whether the husband or wife is the primary wage earner, or whether either or both of them work.

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Derived

difference maker, difference-making

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