Inequality vs Intolerance - What's the difference?
inequality | intolerance |
An unfair, not equal, state.
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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.
(uncountable) The state of being intolerant.
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(countable, medicine) Extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy.
As nouns the difference between inequality and intolerance
is that inequality is an unfair, not equal, state while intolerance is the state of being intolerant.inequality
English
(wikipedia inequality)Alternative forms
* (qualifier)Noun
(inequalities)citation, passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra–wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.}}
- 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
Synonyms
* (statement in mathematics) inequationSee also
*Hyponyms
* Cauchy-Schwarz inequality * triangle inequalityintolerance
English
Noun
(wikipedia intolerance)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.}}