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Benfea
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Mon Mar-13-06 01:09 PM
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…"difference" will do. Most people substitute the latter for the former, but they're not interchangable nor are they synonyms. Using "differential" when "difference" would be more correct doesn't make you sound smarter, it makes you sound like a sports broadcaster (which is to say the opposite).
Sorry. Misuse of that particular word happens to be a pet peeve of mine.
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