Iniquity vs Inequality - What's the difference?
iniquity | inequality |
Deviation from what is right; wickedness, gross injustice.
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A wrongful act.
Absence of moral or spiritual values, lawlessness.
Denial of the sovereignty of God.
An unfair, not equal, state.
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, title=Money just makes the rich suffer
, volume=188, issue=23, page=19
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(mathematics) A statement that of two quantities one is specifically less than (or greater than) another. Symbol: < or ? or > or ? or ?, as appropriate.
As nouns the difference between iniquity and inequality
is that iniquity is deviation from what is right; wickedness, gross injustice while inequality is an unfair, not equal, state.iniquity
English
Noun
(iniquities)- The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.
inequality
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(wikipedia inequality)Alternative forms
* (qualifier)Noun
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- The inequality in living standards led to a civil war as the have nots rebelled.
- The inequality''' x is less than y, together with that y
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