Disparity vs. Diversity — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Disparity and Diversity
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Disparity
The condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree; difference
"narrow the economic disparities among regions and industries" (Courtenay Slater).
Diversity
The state of being diverse
There was considerable diversity in the style of the reports
Disparity
Unlikeness; incongruity.
Diversity
The quality or condition of being diverse
A band known for the diversity of its music.
Disparity
(uncountable) The state of being unequal; difference.
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Diversity
The condition of having or including people from different ethnicities and social backgrounds
Diversity on campus.
Disparity
(countable) Incongruity.
Diversity
A variety or assortment
A diversity of opinions.
Disparity
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.
The disparity between God and his intelligent creatures.
The disparity of numbers was not such as ought to cause any uneasiness.
Diversity
The quality of being diverse or different; difference or unlikeness.
Disparity
Inequality or difference in some respect
Diversity
A variety; diverse types or examples.
Diversity
Equal-opportunity inclusion.
Diversity
A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness.
They will prove opposite; and not resting in a bare diversity, rise into a contrariety.
Diversity
Multiplicity of difference; multiformity; variety.
Diversity
Variegation.
Diversity
Noticeable heterogeneity;
A diversity of possibilities
The range and variety of his work is amazing
Diversity
The condition or result of being changed
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