| Subject | English | Japanese |
| gen. | exp A big difference between what one hears and what one sees | 聞くと見るとは大違い |
| gen. | n yoji there being all the difference in the world | 雲泥万里 |
| gen. | color-difference meter | 色差計 |
| radio | colour difference signal | 色差信号 (shikisa-shingō) |
| auto.ctrl. | control difference variable | 偏差変数 |
| phys. | difference band | 差のバンド (sa no bando) |
| gen. | n difference between species | 種差 (i.e. logical species, biological species, etc.) |
| gen. | n difference between track followed by front and back inner wheels when turning | 内輪差 |
| gen. | n difference engine | 差機関 |
| math. | n difference equation | 差分方程式 (sabun-hōteishiki) |
| tech. | difference equation | 階差方程式 (かいさほうていしき) |
| comp. | n difference file | 差分ファイル |
| phys. | difference frequency | 差周波 (さしゅうは) |
| el., meas.inst. | difference galvanometer | 差動検流計 (sadō-kenryūkei) |
| phys. | difference group | 差群 (さぐん) |
| gen. | difference in degrees of enthusiasm, interest, commitment, etc. | 温度差 (おんどさ) |
| gen. | n difference in elevation | 高度差 |
| gen. | n difference in grades | 段差 (e.g. in go, shoji, etc., だんさ) |
| construct. | difference in level | 段差 (だんさ) |
| gen. | difference in level | 段差 (e.g. road, footpath, だんさ) |
| pwr.lines. | difference in levels | 支持点高低差 |
| gen. | n difference in temperature | 温度差 (おんどさ) |
| gen. | n difference in wins | 勝差 news2 nf42 (in number of games won) |
| tech. | difference limen | 弁別域値 (べんべついきち) |
| el., acoust. | difference limen for loudness | 音の大きさの弁別限 |
| el., acoust. | difference limen for pitch | 音の高さの弁別限 |
| comp. | n difference method | 差分法 (sabunhō) |
| tech. | difference of brightness | 輝度差 (きどさ) |
| gen. | difference of elevation | 高低差 (こうていさ) |
| gen. | difference of longitude | 経度差 |
| tech. | difference of luminance | 輝度差 (きどさ) |
| gen. | difference of opinion | 行違い |
| gen. | difference of opinion | 行き違い ichi1 news2 nf31 |
| tech. | difference of parallax | 視差差 (しささ) |
| gen. | difference of specific humidity | 飽差 (ほうさ) |
| gen. | difference of tidal level | 潮位差 |
| phys. | difference operator | 定差作用素 (ていさ・さようそ) |
| phys. | difference operator | 差分作用素 (さぶん・さようそ) |
| math. | n difference quotient | 差分商 (sabunshō) |
| radio | difference signal | 差信号 (sashingō) |
| gen. | difference spectrum | 差スペクトル |
| phys. | difference table | 差分表 (sabunhyō) |
| phys. | difference table | 階差表 (かいさひょう) |
| gen. | difference test | 識別テスト |
| gen. | n difference threshold | 弁別閾 |
| phys. | difference tone | 差音 (saon) |
| phys. | differential-difference equation | 差分微分方程式 (さぶん・びぶん・ほうていしき) |
| baseb. | n distance in the standings between two teams expressed as the difference in number of games won or lost | ゲーム差 |
| gen. | enthalpy-humidity difference ratio | 熱水分比 (ねっすいぶんひ) |
| gen. | finite difference method | 差分法 (FDM, sabunhō) |
| tech. | finite difference method | 差分法 (sabunhō) |
| gen. | finite difference method | 有限差分法 (FDM, ゆうげん・さぶんほう) |
| gen. | know the difference between something of superior and inferior quality | 見わける (on sight or figuratively) |
| gen. | know the difference between something of superior and inferior quality | 見分ける news2 nf33 spec2 (on sight or figuratively) |
| gen. | exp like the difference between heaven and hell | 月とすっぽん |
| gen. | exp like the difference between heaven and hell | 月と鼈 |
| phys. | linear difference equation | 線形差分方程式 (せんけい・さぶん・ほうていしき) |
| light. | luminance difference threshold | 輝度弁別いき閾 |
| snd.rec. | mean phase difference between related information | チャネル間位相差 |
| snd.rec. | peak-to-peak phase difference between related information | チャネル間位相安定度 |
| el. | phase difference angle | 位相差 (isōsa) |
| el. | phase difference angle | 位相差角 |
| gen. | phase difference detection method | 位相差検出法 |
| el., acoust. | relative difference limen for frequency | 音の高さの弁別比 |
| auto.ctrl. | steady-state control difference variable | 定常状態偏差変数 |
| gen. | tell the difference between | 区別を付ける |
| gen. | tell the difference between | 区別をつける |
| gen. | exp yoji the difference between truth and fiction in art being very subtle | 虚実皮膜 |
| proverb | exp there is a great difference between being told about something and actually seeing it with your own eyes | 見ると聞くとは大違い |
| gen. | upwind difference method | 風上差分法 |
| sumo. | win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers | 枚数 ichi1 news1 nf13 |