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What is Diffen?

Diffen is a free collection of comparisons that people all over the world help write and maintain.


Diffen is informational:

What is the difference between DVD+R and DVD-R? What is the difference between a pub and a bar? A donkey and an ass? What is the difference between 401(k) and IRA? Treasuries and bonds? AMD Turion and Athlon processors? How is a Pentium Core 2 Duo different from Pentium Dual Core? How does the work environment at IBM compare with working at Microsoft? How does living in Seattle compare with living in Amsterdam? What is the difference between a Plasma TV and an LCD TV? Cal Tech and UCLA? Yankees and the Red Sox? Diffen can help you find (and write!) all these comparisons and more.


Diffen is recreational:

You can write a public comparison of your two ex-girlfriends. Or two of your professors. Or you can compare your boss with that freaky colleague. You can compare Salma Hayek and Penelope Cruz (yes, we know - this is informational too).


Diffen is whatever you want it to be. So if you want X vs. Y - just Diffen it.


Why was Diffen launched?

Diffen was envisioned as a one-stop shop for free and useful information. It has obviously been inspired by Wikipedia. While Wikipedia is a great source for basic - and often fairly detailed - information on any topic under the sun (and beyond), it is not a decision making tool.

You may be faced with a simple decision – whether to buy a Canon Powershot A530 or a Sony CyberShot DSC G1. Or you may be pondering over your long term investment choices – should you invest in a 401(k) plan or an IRA? Or the choice in front of you could be much graver – perhaps you are considering quitting your job with Microsoft in Redmond for a job with Philips in Amsterdam. In all these cases, you can research each of the individual choices and the different aspects related to the choice. But there was no single source that gives you a comparison. That is, until we launched Diffen.

While the initial aim of Diffen was to provide information that aids decision-making, we have since realized that the potential of Diffen goes far beyond. All content on Diffen is user-generated (just like YouTube or Blogger) and we encourage our users to find ways in which they can make the best use of this website. This means there is no restriction on topics - public or personal. Compare any X to any Y!


Contact
For feedback, comments, bouquets and brickbats, reach us at feedback[at]diffen[dot]com.

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