disparity

IELTS-Verwendung

Useful for discussing inequality in wealth, education, healthcare, or opportunities in Task 2 essays and reading comprehension.

Beispiele

1. There is a growing disparity in income between urban and rural populations.
2. Educational disparities often lead to unequal job prospects later in life.
3. The report highlighted a significant disparity in access to clean water across regions.

Kollokationen

growing disparity

The growing disparity between rich and poor is a major social concern.

regional disparity

Regional disparities in healthcare funding need to be addressed.

disparity in access

There is a clear disparity in access to higher education between different social groups.

reduce the disparity

Policies aimed at reducing the disparity in income have had mixed results.

Wortfamilie

Nomen

disparity

Paraphrasen

• inequality: Stronger emotional charge; often used in social justice contexts.
• gap: More informal; common in spoken and written contexts (e.g. 'the gender pay gap').
• imbalance: Implies a lack of fairness or proportion; often used in resource distribution.

Häufige Fehler

• There is a big disparity between the two groups. to There is a significant disparity between the two groups.. Use 'significant' or 'marked' instead of 'big' in academic writing.
• Disparity of income is a problem. to Income disparity is a problem.. Use the noun as a modifier: 'income disparity', not 'disparity of income'.
• The disparity between schools are alarming. to The disparity between schools is alarming.. 'Disparity' is singular, so the verb must be 'is'.