Mismatch vs Inequality - What's the difference?
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To match unsuitably; to fail to match
Something that does not match; something dissimilar, inappropriate or unsuitable.
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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.
As nouns the difference between mismatch and inequality
is that mismatch is something that does not match; something dissimilar, inappropriate or unsuitable while inequality is an unfair, not equal, state.As a verb mismatch
is to match unsuitably; to fail to match.mismatch
English
Etymology 1
Verb
(es)Etymology 2
Noun
(es)citation, page= , passage=After all the trepidation born of Holland's toils home and away against these opponents in qualification for Euro 2012, and the pockmarked nature of the pitch, this was exposed as a mismatch from the opening exchanges. }}
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
x