noun
- a display of the differences between two versions of a file or text
Usage: computing; informal
verb
- to compare two files or versions to show what has changed
Usage: computing; informal
Examples
- The diff shows that three lines were added to the code.
- I need to diff these two documents to see what changed.
- Run the diff command to compare the original and updated files.
- The diff output highlighted all the modifications made since the last version.
- She reviewed the diff before merging the pull request.