Definition of difference for English Language Learners. : 1  the quality that makes one person or thing unlike another. : 2  something that people do not agree about : a disagreement in opinion. : 3  the degree or amount by which things differ.
The term Honours degree has different meanings for different degrees. Most commonly it is an award in connection with undergraduate bachelor's degree variations.ery rarely is the term used for the master's degree; for example, the four-year undergraduate degree at Ancient Scottish universities is abbreviated MA (Hons).
A: A B.A. and a B.A. with honours, usually abbreviated to B.A. (Hons), are both degrees given upon completion of a three- or four-year course of study at a university in all of the United Kingdom except Scotland or countries that are members of the British Commonwealth.