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disparency

noun

Etymology

From disparate + -ency.

  1. derived from *dwóh₁✻ — “two”
  2. derived from disparātus
  3. borrowed from desparat
  4. suffixed as disparency — “disparate + ency”

Definitions

  1. A significant discrepancy.

    • Any insufficient tax payable bears interest on the amount of the disparency at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum from April 30th to the time of payment.
    • There seems to be a slight disparency about the title, for on the inside front cover it is given as "Introduction to Econometric Methods," but the title of the book itself is "Econometrics," which is a far more accurate description.
    • Similar problems arise in the medical field as well, where the disparency between computer tools and formal education methods is acknowledged.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for disparency. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA