Intersect can be used to find matches between two collections, like so:

// Assign two arrays.
int[] array1 = { 1, 2, 3 };
int[] array2 = { 2, 3, 4 };
// Call Intersect extension method.
var intersect = array1.Intersect(array2);
// Write intersection to screen.
foreach (int value in intersect)
{
    Console.WriteLine(value); // Output: 2, 3
}

However what I’d like to achieve is the opposite, I’d like to list items from one collection that are missing from the other:

// Assign two arrays.
int[] array1 = { 1, 2, 3 };
int[] array2 = { 2, 3, 4 };
// Call "NonIntersect" extension method.
var intersect = array1.NonIntersect(array2); // I've made up the NonIntersect method
// Write intersection to screen.
foreach (int value in intersect)
{
    Console.WriteLine(value); // Output: 4
}

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