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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