disparities

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disparities - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Disparity \Dis*par"i*ty\, n.; pl. Disparities. [LL.
     disparitas, fr. L. dispar unlike, unequal; dis- + par equal:
     cf. F. disparit['e]. 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.
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           The disparity between God and his intelligent
           creatures.                               --I. Taylor.
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           The disparity of numbers was not such as ought to cause
           any uneasiness.                          --Macaulay.
  
     Syn: Inequality; unlikeness; dissimilitude; disproportion;
          difference.
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