disparities

Variant of disparity

noun pl. disparities

  1. inequality or difference, as in rank, amount, quality, etc.
  2. unlikeness; incongruity

Origin: Fr disparité < ML disparitas < L dispar, unequal: see dis- & par

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Learn more about disparities

link/cite print suggestion box