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âº a difference between two figures, results, etc. that are expected to be the same: A balance sheet review uncovered discrepancies totalling â¬30 million. Shareholders questioned the discrepancy between pay figures in the trust's annual report and those shown in the accounts.
Disparity usually refers to a difference that is unfair: economic disparities exist among ethnic groups, there is a disparity between what men and women earn in the same job. This noun derives from Latin dispar unequal. The opposite of disparity is parity, the condition of being equal or the same.