Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disparity"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Disparity \Dis*par"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Disparities}. [LL.
disparitas, fr. L. dispar unlike, unequal; dis- + par equal:
cf. F. disparit['e]. See {Par}, {Peer}.]
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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

disparity
n : inequality or difference in some respect

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