違い|ちがいchigai[0]heiban (flat)

1. noundifference; distinction; discrepancy
   私は１分ふん違ちがいで列車れっしゃに乗のり遅おくれた。↗

   I missed the train by a minute.
2. nounmistake; error

• Synonym差異さいWrittenWritten word for differences that emerge when comparing things, as in 「性別による差異」; common in academic papers. In everyday speech, say 「違い」.
• Synonym相違そういWrittenFormal term for things not matching each other, as in 「意見の相違」; typical of documents. 「違い」 is the more colloquial choice.
• SynonymギャップNeutralLoanword for the gap between ideals and reality or between people, as in 「世代間ギャップ」; also used for a striking contrast.
• Synonym差さNeutralSeen mainly in 「差しで飲む」 for two people face to face, or for a hindrance; its meanings do not overlap with 「違い」 and the two are not interchangeable.
• RelatedずれNeutralRefers to a shift or offset in time, position, or thinking, as in 「認識のずれ」; the nuance is that things that should line up do not.
• Related隔たりへだたりWrittenWritten-leaning word for distance or a gap in opinions, as in 「意見の隔たり」; stresses how far apart the two sides are.
• RelatedひらきNeutralWhere it overlaps with 「違い」, it means a gap in figures or degree, as in 「点差の開き」, usually with numbers; 「違い」 is not limited to quantity.
• Related食い違いくいちがいNeutralRefers to accounts or opinions that do not line up with each other, as in 「証言の食い違い」; the emphasis is on mutual contradiction.
• Related格差かくさNeutralRefers to gaps in rank, price, income and the like, as in 「経済格差」; often carries a sense of inequality, whereas 「違い」 is a neutral difference.
• Related距離きょりNeutralBasically spatial distance, extended to emotional or opinion gaps as in 「距離を置く」; only that gap sense overlaps with 「違い」.
• Related溝みぞNeutralBasically a ditch or groove; its overlap with 「違い」 is the extended sense of a rift between people or nations, as in 「溝が深まる」, stressing estrangement.
• Related不一致ふいっちWrittenWritten word for a failure to match where things should agree, as in 「数値の不一致」. 「違い」 can refer to any kind of difference.
• Related齟齬そごWrittenWritten word for things or opinions conflicting so that progress stalls, as in 「齟齬が生じる」; frequent in business contexts.
• Related径庭けいていWrittenRare written word for a vast difference, seen mostly in 「大きな径庭はない」; in daily speech say 「大差」.
• Related懸隔けんかくWrittenRare written word for things being far, far apart in degree; in everyday language say 「大きな差」 or 「かけ離れている」.
• Related異同いどうWrittenWritten word for points of difference, used mainly in collating or comparing texts, as in 「本文の異同」.
• Related不整合ふせいごうWrittenWritten, technical term for data or parts that do not fit and conflict, as in 「データの不整合」; in geology it means an unconformity.
• Related不調和ふちょうわWrittenWritten word for being out of harmony or ill-matched with one's surroundings; 「違い」 carries no implication of harmony or the lack of it.
• Related相反そうはんWrittenWritten word for things being mutually opposed or contradictory, as in 「利益相反」; a far stronger degree of difference than 「違い」.
• Related別様べつようWrittenRare written word for a manner or appearance different from the usual; in daily speech say 「別の」 or 「違う」.
• Antonym同じおなじNeutralAntonym: means the same or identical, as in 「同じ意見」; the everyday opposite of 「違い」 in its sense of being different.
• Antonym一致いっちNeutralAntonym: means matching exactly, as in 「意見が一致する」; the opposite of 「違い」 as non-agreement, with a formal leaning.

Default to 「違い」; formal documents use 「相違」, papers 「差異」. 「ずれ」 is misalignment, 「食い違い」 clashing accounts, 「格差」 unequal rank or income, 「ギャップ」 ideal versus reality. 「開き」「距離」「溝」 match 「違い」 only in their gap sense. Antonyms: 「同じ」「一致」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 差異さい。相異そういなること。相異そういなる点てん。
2. 間違まちがい。事実じじつや正解せいかいと合あわないこと。事実じじつや正解せいかいと合あわない点てん。
3. 「ちがう」の連用形れんようけい。
4. ちがう。