differential

Definition

Of or pertaining to a difference.

Etymology

Morphologically different + -ial.

Example Sentences

• "differential characteristics"
• "I saved disk space by taking differential backups, which only stored the data that had changed."
• "[Caspar Schetz, Baron of Grobbendonck] was regularly in the pay of Sir Thomas Gresham, to whom he produced differential favours, and by whose government he was rewarded by gold chains and presents of hard cash, bestowed as secretly as the equivalent was conveyed adroitly."