| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.108 | difference betwixt their two estates; Love no god, that | difference betwixt their two estates: Loue no god, that |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.i.49 | The petty difference, we yet not know. | The petty difference, we yet not know: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.21 | Our trivial difference loud, we do commit | Our triuiall difference loud, we do commit |
| As You Like It | AYL II.i.6 | The seasons' difference, as the icy fang | The seasons difference, as the Icie phange |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.122 | Than that mixed in his cheek; 'twas just the difference | Then that mixt in his cheeke: 'twas iust the difference |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.202 | At difference in thee. Out of that I'll work | At difference in thee: Out of that Ile worke |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.18 | 'Twixt you there's difference. But the fall of either | 'Twixt you there's difference: but the fall of either |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.50 | Can we with manners ask what was the difference? | Can we with manners, aske what was the difference? |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.194 | Of your chaste daughter the wide difference | Of your chaste Daughter, the wide difference |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.77 | To serve in such a difference. What devil was't | What diuell was't, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.184 | with a difference. There's a daisy. I would give you some | with a difference. There's a Daysie, I would giue you some |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.212 | Making such difference 'twixt wake and sleep | Making such difference betwixt Wake and Sleepe, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.213 | As is the difference betwixt day and night, | As is the difference betwixt Day and Night, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.179 | Or to the place of difference call the swords | Or to the place of difference call the Swords, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.134 | And, be assured, you'll find a difference, | And be assur'd, you'le find a diff'rence, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.101 | The state takes notice of the private difference | The State takes notice of the priuate difference |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.139.1 | There's difference in no persons. | There's difference in no persons. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.58 | How you stand minded in the weighty difference | How you stand minded in the waighty difference |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.40 | Of late with passions of some difference, | Of late, with passions of some difference, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.151 | Discern the difference 'twixt the friend and foe, | Discerne the difference twixt the friend and fo, |
| King John | KJ III.i.204 | Bethink you, father, for the difference | Bethinke you father, for the difference |
| King John | KJ III.i.238 | The fearful difference of incensed kings. | The fearefull difference of incensed kings: |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.135 | Dost thou know the difference, my boy, between a | Do'st thou know the difference my Boy, betweene a |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.48 | What is your difference? Speak. | What is your difference, speake? |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.26 | O, the difference of man and man! | Oh, the difference of man, and man, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.286 | That from your first of difference and decay, | That from your first of difference and decay, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.v.2 | The difference of old Shylock and Bassanio.... | The difference of old Shylocke and Bassanio; |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.35 | There is more difference between thy flesh and | There is more difference betweene thy flesh and |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.168 | Are you acquainted with the difference | Are you acquainted with the difference |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.365 | That thou shalt see the difference of our spirit, | That thou shalt see the difference of our spirit, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.53 | difference of men's liking. And yet he would not swear; | difference of mens liking: and yet hee would not sweare: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.64 | difference between himself and his horse; for it is all the | difference betweene himselfe and his horse: For it is all the |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.7 | 'Tis oft with difference – yet do they all confirm | 'Tis oft with difference) yet do they all confirme |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.76 | difference of all complexions. What! do you stop your | difference of all complexions, what doe you stop your |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.201 | The swelling difference of your settled hate. | The swelling difference of your setled hate: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.31 | 'Tis not the difference of a year or two | 'Tis not the difference of a yeere or two |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.187 | If that be all the difference in his love, | If that be all the difference in his loue, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.54 | difference of men! | Diffrence of men. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.116 | And say we had a noble difference, | And say we had a noble difference, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.278 | And if you can love, end this difference. | And if you can love, end this difference, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.i.3 | on foot, you shall see, as I have said, great difference | on-foot, you shall see (as I haue said) great difference |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.17 | To me the difference forges dread; your greatness | To me the difference forges dread (your Greatnesse |