Disparity

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The disparity between God and his intelligent
           creatures.                               --I. Taylor.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The disparity of numbers was not such as ought to cause
           any uneasiness.                          --Macaulay.
  
     Syn: Inequality; unlikeness; dissimilitude; disproportion;
          difference.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disparity
       n : inequality or difference in some respect

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  124 Moby Thesaurus words for "disparity":
     agreement to disagree, alienation, antagonism, apostasy,
     argumentation, asymmetry, bad copy, bad likeness, camouflage,
     clashing, conflict, contradiction, contrariety, contrast,
     controversy, counter-culture, cross-purposes, departure, deviation,
     difference, difference of opinion, difficulty, disaccord,
     disaccordance, disagreement, disapprobation, disapproval,
     disconformity, discongruity, discord, discordance, discordancy,
     discrepancy, discreteness, disequilibrium, disguise, disharmony,
     disproportion, dissatisfaction, dissemblance, dissension, dissent,
     dissentience, dissidence, dissimilarity, dissimilation,
     dissimilitude, dissonance, distinction, distinctness, disunion,
     disunity, divergence, divergency, diversity, dividedness, division,
     dropping out, faction, far cry, gap, heterogeneity, imbalance,
     imparity, inaccordance, inadequacy, incommensurability,
     incomparability, incompatibility, incongruity, inconsistency,
     inconsonance, inequality, inequity, inharmoniousness, inharmony,
     injustice, insufficiency, irreconcilability, irregularity, jarring,
     makeup, mere caricature, minority opinion, misunderstanding,
     mixture, negation, nonagreement, nonassent, nonconcurrence,
     nonconformity, nonconsent, nonuniformity, odds, opposition,
     oppugnancy, otherness, overbalance, polarization, poor imitation,
     recusance, recusancy, rejection, repudiation, repugnance,
     secession, separateness, shortcoming, unbalance, unconformity,
     underground, unevenness, unfair discrimination, unharmoniousness,
     unlikeness, unorthodoxy, unresemblance, unsameness, unsimilarity,
     variance, variation, variegation, variety, withdrawal