make a world of difference

to have an important effect make all the difference (in the world) Some food, some milk, and some warmth made a world of difference to the small stray cat. The rains made a world of difference to worried farmers.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gale (1)	GAYL	English
Ignatius	ig-NAY-shəs (English)	Late Roman
Gervasius	-	Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Atilius	-	Ancient Roman
Cnut	KNOOT (English), KNYOOT (English)	History
Bogdan	BAWG-dahn (Polish), BOG-dahn (Serbian, Croatian), bog-DAHN (Romanian)	Polish, Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian, Medieval Slavic