DIFFERENCE OF OPINION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A disagreement or argument about something important

Example:

the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats

Synonyms:

conflict; difference; difference of opinion; dispute

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("difference of opinion" is a kind of...):

disagreement (the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "difference of opinion"):

collision (a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals)

arguing; argument; contention; contestation; controversy; disceptation; disputation; tilt (a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement)

gap (a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations)