相差

xiāngchà

verb HSK 7-9 #16,904

Meanings

两个人的年龄相差十岁。

Liǎng gèrén de niánlíng xiāngchà shí suì.

The two people differ in age by ten years.

实际结果和预期相差很大。

Shìjì jiéguǒ hé yùqī xiāngchà hěn dà.

The actual result differs greatly from the expectation.

这两个产品的价格相差不多。

Zhè liǎng gè chǎnpǐn de jiàgé xiāngchà bù duō.

The prices of these two products are about the same.

usage

相差 is followed by the amount of difference: 相差十岁 (differ by 10 years). 相差不多 means 'not much difference'. 相差甚远 means 'differ greatly'.

相 xiāng

差 chà