fluctuation vs difference

difference vs fluctuation

fluctuation and difference both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fluctuation	Yes	No	No	No
difference	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, difference is a hyponym of fluctuation; that is, difference is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fluctuation:

fluctuation: an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
difference: a variation that deviates from the standard or norm

Other hyponyms of fluctuation include vicissitude, allomerism, departure, deviation, divergence, permutation, replacement, substitution, switch, transposition, business cycle, trade cycle, daily variation, diurnal variation, tide.

fluctuation (noun)	difference (noun)
the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes	the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change	a disagreement or argument about something important
a wave motion	a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
	the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
	a significant change

Difference between fluctuation and difference

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