disparity

/di-ˈsper-ə-tē/

borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French disparité, borrowed from Late Latin disparitāt-, disparitās, from Latin dispar-, dispār "unequal, different" (from dis- dis-par-, pār "matching, equal," of uncertain origin) + -itāt-, -itās -ity

noun

  1. a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity

economic/income disparities