# difference (relation)

When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.

- Computed level: L1 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: published  ·  Domain: logic  ·  Arena: E1

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [pattern](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pattern.regularity)

**Through:** Two patterns compared fail to match.

**Novel properties:**
- contrast
- distinguishability

## Examples
- The genetic code of a human differs from that of a chimpanzee by approximately 1.2% of base pairs. *(biology)*
- The waveform of a 440 Hz tuning fork is distinguishable from that of a 442 Hz fork in spectral analysis. *(physics)*
- Bitcoin's proof-of-work consensus diverged from Bitcoin Cash in 2017 due to incompatible block size rules. *(computing)*

## Used by
- [above](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-above.spatial) (L5)
- [according](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-according.agreement) (L3)
- [additional](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-additional.quantity) (L5)
- [adult](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-adult.person) (L7)
- [against](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-against.opposition) (L15)
- [bad](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-bad.moral) (L7)
- [become](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-become.change) (L5)
- [benefits](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-benefits.advantage) (L4)
- [best](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-best.quality) (L7)
- [big picture](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-big-picture.abstraction) (L15)
- [big](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-big.size) (L2)
- [boundary](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-boundary.limit) (L2)
- [cancer](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-cancer.disease) (L17)
- [certain](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-certain.confidence) (L8)
- [check](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-check.verification) (L9)
- [choose](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-choose.decision) (L10)
- [class](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-class.category) (L5)
- [close](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-close.spatial) (L5)
- [comparative](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-comparative.comparative) (L7)
- [compare](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-compare.relation) (L9)
- [confusion](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-confusion.state) (L15)
- [days](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-days.temporal) (L4)
- [decision](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-decision.cognitive) (L10)
- [defines](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-defines.verb) (L6)
- [degree](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-degree.measurement) (L13)
- [distinct](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-distinct.attribute) (L3)
- [east](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-east.spatial) (L16)
- [effects](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-effects.result) (L12)
- [else](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-else.other) (L10)
- [error](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-error.mistake) (L2)
- [exact](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-exact.precision) (L3)
- [far](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-far.distance) (L2)
- [female](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-female.sex) (L2)
- [first](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-first.order) (L4)
- [foreign](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-foreign.geographic) (L13)
- [general](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-general.broad) (L3)
- [goal](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-goal.purpose) (L6)
- [help](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-help.assistance) (L5)
- [identifier](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-identifier.label) (L8)
- [increase](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-increase.quantity) (L3)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-difference.relation*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-difference.relation.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*