Disparity

Definitions

1. The state of being unequal; difference.
   uncountable
2. Incongruity.
   countable

Equivalents

Examples

“With no great disparity between them in point⟳ of years, they were, in every other respect⟳, as unlike and far removed from each other as two men could well be. The one was soft-spoken, delicately made, precise, and elegant; the other, a burly square-built man, negligently dressed, rough and abrupt in manner, stern, and, in his present⟳ mood, forbidding both in look⟳ and speech.”

“There was a disparity of view⟳ over the use⟳ of diesel or electric motive power for the route south of Crewe, and the Prime Minister even felt a modern design⟳ of steam locomotives would be the best solution.”

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