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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | irregularity |
| Synonyms: | crookedness, dissymmetry, imbalance, inequality, lack of balance, lopsidedness, skewness, unevenness |
| Main Entry: | difference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dissimilarity, distinctness |
| Synonyms: | aberration, alteration, anomaly, antithesis, asymmetry, change, characteristic, contrariety, contrariness, contrast, departure, deviation, digression, discongruity, discrepancy, disparity, dissemblance, distinction, divergence, diversity, exception, heterogeneity, idiosyncrasy, inequality, irregularity, nonconformity, opposition, particularity, peculiarity, separateness, separation, singularity, unconformity, unlikeness, unorthodoxness, variance, variation, variety |
| Notes: | deference is a courteous expression of regard or respect, while difference is the quality of being unlike or dissimilar deferential means showing courteous expression of regard or respect; difference is the quality of being unlike or dissimilar; differential means relating to or showing a difference or the quality of the difference between similar things |
| Antonyms: | accord, agreement, alikeness, concurrence, conformity, likeness, sameness, similarity, uniformity |
| Main Entry: | disproportion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | imbalance |
| Synonyms: | asymmetry, difference, discrepancy, disparity, imparity, inadequacy, inequality, insufficiency, irregularity, lopsidedness, unevenness, unsuitableness |
| Antonyms: | balance, equality, evenness, parity, proportion |
| Main Entry: | imbalance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lack of balance |
| Synonyms: | asymmetry, disproportion, inequality, lopsidedness, shortcoming, unevenness |
| Main Entry: | irregularity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unevenness |
| Synonyms: | aberration, asymmetry, break, bump, bumpiness, change, dent, deviation, distortion, flaw, hole, hump, imperfection, inconsistency, jaggedness, roughness, shift, spasm, stop, twist, uncertainty, variability, variation |
| Main Entry: | crookedness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | irregularity |
| Synonyms: | asymmetry, curvity, sinuosity, sinuousness, tortuosity, tortuousness, unevenness |
| Main Entry: | jaggedness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | irregularity |
| Synonyms: | aberration, asymmetry, break, bump, bumpiness, change, crookedness, dent, deviation, distortion, flaw, hole, hump, imperfection, inconsistency, inequality, roughness, shift, spasm, stop, twist, uncertainty, unevenness, variability, variation |
| Main Entry: | unevenness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | irregularity |
| Synonyms: | aberration, asymmetry, break*, bump*, bumpiness, change, crookedness, dent, deviation, distortion, flaw, hole, hump, imperfection, inconsistency, inequality, jaggedness, roughness, shift, spasm, stop, twist, uncertainty, variability, variation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unlikeness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difference |
| Synonyms: | aberration, alteration, anomaly, antithesis, asymmetry, change, characteristic, contrariety, contrariness, contrast, departure, deviation, digression, discongruity, discrepance, discrepancy, disparity, dissemblance, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distinction, divarication, divergence, divergency, diversity, exception, heterogeneity, idiosyncrasy, inequality, irregularity, nonconformity, opposition, particularity, peculiarity, separateness, separation, singularity, unconformity, unorthodoxness, variance, variation, variety |
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