How to talk about differences in English?

Today’s English
March 21st, 2017

We often notice a difference between two things, two people, two situations and so on.  There are plenty of different ways to talk about the difference in such contexts. Let’s try a few:

1.A whole new ball game = a completely different situation
I don’t know what to say. It’s a whole new ball game.

2.A world of difference/a sea of difference= a lot of difference
Though both books are written by the same writer, there is a world of difference between them.
There is a sea of difference between these concepts.

3.With a difference = unusual, more interesting and better than others
It is a film with a difference.
Have you gone to Osho resort in Pune, a meditation centre with a difference?

4.Make a /a big/some/much / no difference
Whether you are glued to Whatsapp or Facebook makes no difference.
Spending ten minutes a day in reading bible will make much difference in your life.

5.March to a different boat = be different in your idea, contact, etc. from others.
You can expect a different project from him. He always marches to a different boat.

6.Be as different as day and night /be as different as chalk and cheese = completely different from each other
Date of joining and date of retirement are as different as day and night.
Both Wordsworth and T.S.Eliot are poets but they are as different as chalk and cheese.

7.Dance to a different tune = to quickly change to a different behaviour
He danced to a different tune and started everyone of us.

8.Make all the difference = to make someone feel better
Just a wish and a few kind words can make all the difference.
In fact, your very presence has made all the difference.

9.A difference of opinion = a disagreement in certain matters
We have a difference of opinion and still we are friends.

10. The odd one out = to keep apart from others in group
Her inferiority complex kept her the odd one out during college days.
Please come and join with us. Why are you always the odd one out?
Find which number among the following is the odd one out.

“Our differences are only skin deep, but our sames go down to the bone.” – Margh Simpson, “The Simpsons"