disparity
(noun) inequality or difference in some respect
Source: WordNet® 3.1
disparity (countable and uncountable, plural disparities)
(uncountable) The state of being unequal; difference.
(countable) Incongruity.
• 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
9 April 2025
(adjective) feeling or expressing sympathy; “made commiserative clicking sounds with his tongue”- Kenneth Roberts
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
