Usually means: Mechanical advantage using different diameters.
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Differential pulley)

noun:  A differential pulley—also called "Weston differential pulley", sometimes "differential hoist", "chain hoist", or colloquially "chain fall"—is used to manually lift very heavy objects like car engines.


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