difference of opinion

Noun

Meaning

a disagreement or argument about something important

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

difference conflict dispute tiff division fight opposition debate argument controversy row variance disagreement contention feud

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Antonyms

union concord alliance agreement understanding accuracy

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Hypernyms

disagreement

Hyponyms

argument controversy row gap arguing collision

Examples

The only sin which we never forgive in each other is difference of opinion. Ralph Waldo Emerson

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. Thomas Jefferson

It is the considered opinion of most members of our rational élites that, in any given difference of opinion with reality, reality is wrong. John Ralston Saul

Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists. Thomas Jefferson

You will find that there is no other difference of opinion as regards any portions of the Universe, except that the philosophers believe in the Eternity of the Universe and we believe in the Creation. Note this. Maimonides

I want people to talk to one another no matter what their difference of opinion might be. Studs Terkel

Close letter words and terms

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