From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwith a differencewith a differenceinformalGOOD/EXCELLENT used to describe something which is interesting or unusual, especially in a good way an adventure holiday with a difference → difference
Examples from the Corpus
with a difference• All silent as before, but with a difference.• Feminists encounter similar problems in dealing with differences between subjects.• Voice over Read in studio A pub with a difference has just opened in Herefordshire.• These are children's book reviews with a difference - the children are writing the reviews.• So the man laid a foot rule on the table in front of him-but a foot rule with a difference.• They decided to open a health food store-but a health food store with a difference.• He brings his own troubled son along, and the pattern repeats, though with a difference.• A recording set up with a difference. 