The phrase "differential for" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a difference or variation in a specific quality or characteristic. Example: The study found a significant differential for income levels between the two groups.
"It was not able to maintain the right pressure differential for the comfort of the passengers.
Average academic pay at Harvard is about 80% above Oxford's, and the differential for stars can be bigger still.
Even though he was battling a stomach virus, Poti had three assists Thursday night, but he still ended up with an even plus-minus differential for the game.
Clemens was 140 percentage points better than the teams he had pitched for, the largest differential for any pitcher with more than 100 victories.
Fred Laberge, a spokesman for Aetna, the Hartford-based insurance company, said the policy is to grant the employee pay differential for two weeks, including benefits.
Senator Gerald Cardinale, a Bergen Republican, said drivers could save five cents a gallon, gas up faster and only pay a five-cent differential for full service.
But in recent years, there has been precious little yield differential for traders to exploit.
The huge differential, for instance, has a cast-iron housing and its own cooler.
The greens dispute this argument, asserting that "as cattle eat grass most of the year, this small premium would represent a tiny price differential for the customer (eg 2c on a Sunday roast)".
That's a steep price differential for the privilege of filling out a form in English over Portuguese.
This is the Orioles' first winning season since 1997, and it took them until last week to erase a negative run differential for the season.
