According to Statista, the global coffee industry is worth US$363 billion in 2020. The market grows annually by 10.6%, and 78% of revenue came from out-of-home establishments like cafes and coffee beverage retailers.
DISPARITY
disparity
(noun) inequality or difference in some respect
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
disparity (countable and uncountable, plural disparities)
(uncountable) The state of being unequal; difference.
(countable) Incongruity.
Synonyms
• unalikeness
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*par"i*ty, n.; pl. Disparities. Etym: [LL. disparitas, fr. L. dispar unlike, unequal; dis- + par equal: cf. F. disparité. See Par, Peer.]
Definition: Inequality; difference in age, rank, condition, or excellence; dissimilitude; -- followed by between, in, of, as to, etc.; as, disparity in, or of, years; a disparity as to color. The disparity between God and his intelligent creatures. I. Taylor. The disparity of numbers was not such as ought to cause any uneasiness. Macaulay.
Syn.
– Inequality; unlikeness; dissimilitude; disproportion; difference.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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