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Webster 1913 Edition


Disparity

Dis-par′i-ty

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Disparities
(#)
.
[LL.
disparitas
, fr. L.
dispar
unlike, unequal;
dis-
+
par
equal: cf. F.
disparité
. 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.
Syn. – Inequality; unlikeness; dissimilitude; disproportion; difference.

Webster 1828 Edition


Disparity

DISPARITY

,
Noun.
[L.]
1.
Irregularity; difference in degree, in age, rank, condition or excellence; as a disparity of year or of age; disparity of condition or circumstances; followed by of or in. We say, disparity in or of years.
2.
Dissimilitude; unlikeness.

Definition 2024


disparity

disparity

English

Noun

disparity (countable and uncountable, plural disparities)

  1. (uncountable) the state of being unequal; difference
  2. incongruity

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