disparity

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: dis=par=i=ty

OXFORD DICTIONARY

disparity, n. (pl. -ies)
1 inequality; difference; incongruity.
2 an instance of this.

Etymology

F disparit{eacute} f. LL disparitas -tatis (as DIS-, PARITY(1))

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

disparity

Difference

N difference, variance, variation, variety, diversity, dissimilarity, disagreement, disparity, distinction, contradistinction, alteration, modification, permutation, moods and tenses, nice distinction, fine distinction, delicate distinction, subtle distinction, shade of difference, nuance, discrimination, differentia, different thing, something else, apple off another tree, another pair of shoes, horse of a different color, this that or the other, differing, different, diverse, heterogeneous, multifarious, polyglot, distinguishable, dissimilar, varied, modified, diversified, various, divers, all manner of, all kinds of, variform, daedal, other, another, not the same, unequal, unmatched, widely apart, poles apart, distinctive, characteristic, discriminative, distinguishing, incommensurable, incommensurate, differently, il y a fagots et fagots.

Dissimilarity

N dissimilarity, dissimilaritude, unlikeness, diversity, disparity, dissemblance, divergence, variation, difference, novelty, originality, creativeness, oogamy, dissimilar, unlike, disparate, divergent, of a different kind, unmatched, unique, new, novel, unprecedented, original, nothing of the kind, no such thing, quite another thing, far from it, cast in a different mold, tertium quid, as like a dock as a daisy, very like a whale, as different as chalk from cheese, as different as Macedon and Monmouth, lucus a non lucendo, diversified, otherwise, diis aliter visum, no more like my father than I to Hercules.

Disagreement

N disagreement, discord, discordance, dissonance, dissidence, discrepancy, unconformity, incongruity, incongruence, discongruity, mesalliance, jarring, dissension, conflict, bickering, clashing, misunderstanding, wrangle, disparity, mismatch, disproportion, dissimilitude, inequality, disproportionateness, variance, divergence, repugnance, unfitness, inaptitude, impropriety, inapplicability, inconsistency, inconcinnity, irrelevancy, misjoining, misjoinder, syncretism, intrusion, interference, concordia discors, fish out of water, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, at variance, at war, hostile, antagonistic, repugnant, incompatible, irreconcilable, inconsistent with, unconformable, exceptional, intrusive, incongruous, disproportionate, disproportionated, inharmonious, unharmonious, inconsonant, unconsonant, divergent, repugnant to, inapt, unapt, inappropriate, improper, unsuited, unsuitable, inapplicable, not to the point, unfit, unfitting, unbefitting, unbecoming, illtimed, unseasonable, mal a propos, inadmissible, inapposite, uncongenial, ill-assorted, ill-sorted, mismatched, misjoined, misplaced, misclassified, unaccommodating, irreducible, incommensurable, uncommensurable, unsympathetic, out of character, out of keeping, out of proportion, out of joint, out of tune, out of place, out of season, out of its element, at odds with, at variance with, in defiance, in contempt, in spite of, discordantly, a tort et a travers, asinus ad lyram.

Inequality

N inequality, disparity, imparity, odds, difference, unevenness, inclination of the balance, partiality, bias, weight, shortcoming, casting weight, make-weight, superiority, inferiority, inequation, unequal, uneven, disparate, partial, unbalanced, overbalanced, top-heavy, lopsided, biased, skewed, disquiparant, haud passibus aequis.