disparency

A significant discrepancy.

Noun

  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. - 1921, Canadian Dental Association, Dominion Dental Journal,...
    • 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...
    • Similar problems arise in the medical field as well, where the disparency between computer tools and formal education methods is acknowledged. - 2008, Bernard Frischer, Beyond illustration: 2d and 3d digital...

Origin

From disparate + -ency.

Forms

disparencies

Synonyms

disparity