Disparity vs. Diversity — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Disparity and Diversity
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Definitions
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.
Diversity➦
The condition of having or including people from different ethnicities and social backgrounds
Diversity on campus.
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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.
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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
