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diff (plural diffs)

(slang) Clipping of difference.
(mathematics) Clipping of differential.
(video games, slang) Used to trash-talk an opposing team at the end of a game by pointing out a skill difference between some role and the same role on the other team.
(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.
(automotive) Abbreviation of differential: the differential gear in an automobile.
(medicine) Abbreviation of differential: differential of types of white blood cell in a complete blood count.
(climbing) A difficult route.
(fandom slang) Clipping of difficulty.

diff (third-person singular simple present diffs, present participle diffing, simple past and past participle diffed)

(transitive, 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.
(transitive, computing) To compare two files or other objects, manually or otherwise.
(transitive, fandom slang) To win a fight against another, with a defined level of difficulty. Usually used when power scaling fictional characters.

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diff

(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.