| 2H4 IV.i.179 | [Westmorland to all, of their quarrel] to the place of difference call the swords / Which must decide it [i.e. the battlefield] |
| Cor V.iii.202 | [Aufidius to himself, of Coriolanus] I am glad thou hast set thy mercy and thy honour / At difference in thee |
| Cor V.vi.18 | [Third Conspirator to Aufidius, of Aufidius and Coriolanus] The people will remain uncertain whilst / 'Twixt you there's difference |
| H8 I.i.101 | [Norfolk to Buckingham, of Wolsey] The state takes notice of the private difference / Betwixt you and the Cardinal |
| JC I.ii.40 | [Brutus to Cassius] Vexed I am / Of late with passions of some difference [i.e. with conflicting emotions] |
| KJ II.i.355 | [Bastard to King John and King Philip, of death] now he feasts, mousing the flesh of men, / In undetermined differences of kings |
| KJ III.i.238 | [King Philip to Cardinal Pandulph, of French and English hands] where revenge did paint / The fearful difference of incensed kings |
| KL II.ii.48 | [Cornwall to Oswald and disguised Kent] What is your difference? |
| MV IV.i.168 | [Duke to Portia as Balthasar] Are you acquainted with the difference / That holds this present question in the court? |
| TNK III.vi.116 | [Arcite to Palamon, of what the world will say] we had a noble difference, / But base disposers of it |
| TNK III.vi.278 | [Theseus to Emilia] if you can love, end this difference |