minuend minus the subtrahend give you the difference
just like addend plus addend gives sums
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When you subtract two numbers, the answer is called the difference.
Whatever is required by the context of the question. Whether or not the number is negative gives no indication as to whether to add or subtract.
A set of real numbers is closed under subtraction when you take two real numbers and subtract , the answer is always a real number .
When you subtract one number from another, the result is called the difference. What does your question mean? If by "when two whole numbers are subtracted" you mean that you subtract one whole number from the minuend, and then you subtract another whole number from the difference, then the answer you get is another difference. In effect, you have one minuend and two subtrahends.