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Keep seeing this 'delta' word. From context it is basically like 'difference'. But is there a delta between difference and delta?

• berbec 8y ago
  Delta makes you sound smarter.
  • gameswithgo 8y ago
    it is less typing, and less data. save the planet.
    • dboreham 8y ago
      'd' works too, or did for Leibniz..
    • berbec 8y ago
      'Δ' must be a sign of Greenpeace membership, then.
      • marvin 8y ago
        Only if you've memorized how to type it. If you have to Google it beforehand, it serves as cheap signaling at best and an environmental transgression at worst.
  • holstvoogd 8y ago
    #iamverysmart
    • umvi 8y ago
      Speaking of reddit, there is a subreddit called /r/changemyview where you can award deltas (Δ) to people that have changed your view or provided a particularly compelling insight.
• Geforce8472 8y ago
  'difference' can be subjective, 'delta' is a measurement of an amount of difference.
• neolefty 8y ago
  It comes from mathematical writing — the greek letter delta ∆ is often a variable used for the difference between two values. So maybe you could translate it as "quantified difference".
• Symmetry 8y ago
  'Delta' has connotations of being quantitative that 'difference' doesn't have.
• Covzire 8y ago
  Delta = numerical comparisons only, or at least that's the only context I've ever seen delta used in.