There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry.
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n. 差别，差异;[数]差数，差额;意见分歧;特色;
vt. 辨别，区分;
💡 dif分开，否定，不+fer带来+ence名词后缀→带来不同→不同之处
"The new regulations will not make an appreciable difference to most people."
新的规定对大多数人将无大影响。
近义：inequality, odds, unlikeness, variant, version, inhomogeneity
反义：kindred, kinship, likeness, look, matching, parallel
prep. （表示位置）在…的后面;支持;（表示顺序）在身后;（表示比较）落后于;
adv. 在后面;向后;在后面较远处;（落）在后面;
n. 〈口〉屁股;
💡 be构成一些介词+hind藏在后面→在…后面
"The crowd had to stand behind barriers."
人群只好站在障碍物后面。
近义：back, posterior, rear, rearward, lagging, late
反义：quick, rapid, accelerated
n. 几何学;几何形状;几何图形;几何学著作;
💡 geo地+metry计量，测量→测量地面→几何学
"the geometry of a spider's web"
蜘蛛网的几何形状
adj. 几何的，几何学的;几何图案的;成几何级数增加的;
💡 geometr=geometry几何学+ical表形容词 →几何学的
"Population is increasing in that country in a geometrical progression."
那个国家的人口正以几何级数增长.
近义：geometric
adv. 仍，仍然;更，还要;静静地;〈诗〉常，不断地;
adj. 不动的，静止的;不狂暴的，温柔的;没有活力的，死气沉沉的;
n. 平静，寂静;剧照;静止摄影;蒸馏器;
vt.& vi. （使某物）平静下来，安静;〈古〉烧（酒），蒸馏;
conj. 但是;然而;
"Although he's nearly 80, he is still very active."
尽管快80岁了，他还是十分活跃。
近义：hush, appease, lull, assuage, mollify, pacify
反义：incite, perturb, shake, trouble, upheave, upset
adv. 完全地，十足地;纯粹地;纯洁地，贞淑地;
"Bathrooms don't have to be purely functional."
浴室不必完全只为了实用。
近义：merely, simply, solely, but, genuinely
反义：lasciviously, lewdly, libidinally, libidinously, wantonly, carnally