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DISPARITY

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• DISPARITY (noun)
The noun DISPARITY has 1 sense:

1. inequality or difference in some respect

Familiarity information: DISPARITY used as a noun is very rare.

• DISPARITY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Inequality or difference in some respect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("disparity" is a kind of...):

inequality (lack of equality)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disparity"):

far cry (a disappointing disparity)

gap; spread (a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures)

disconnect; disconnection; gulf (an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding))

disproportion (lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something)

"The opera ain't over until the fat lady sings."
(English proverb)
"The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives."
(Native American proverb, Sioux)
"Lamb in the spring, snow in the winter."
(Armenian proverb)
"Through falls and stumbles, one learns to walk."
(Corsican proverb)

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