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  • 31gap — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. interval, vacancy, break, lacuna, hiatus. See narrowness, discontinuance. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A breach] Syn. cleft, break, rift; see hole 1 , 2 . 2. [A break in continuity] Syn. hiatus, recess,… …

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  • 32incongruity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. disharmony; inconsistency, incompatibility, absurdity. See difference, disagreement. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. discrepancy, inappropriateness, mismatch, anachronism; see difference 1 , inconsistency .… …

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  • 33inconsistency — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. changeableness, fickleness; incompatibility; contrariness, contradiction. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. discrepancy, disagreement, dissimilarity, disparity, variance, contrariety, incongruity, inequality,… …

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  • 34incompatibility — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. variance, conflict, discordance, animosity; see disagreement 1 , opposition 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A marked lack of correspondence or agreement: difference, disagreement, discrepance, discrepancy, disparity, gap …

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  • 35dissimilitude — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition of being unlike or dissimilar: difference, discrepance, discrepancy, disparity, dissimilarity, distinction, divarication, divergence, divergency, unlikeness. See SAME …

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  • 36divarication — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition of being unlike or dissimilar: difference, discrepance, discrepancy, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distinction, divergence, divergency, unlikeness. See SAME …

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  • 37divergency — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The condition of being unlike or dissimilar: difference, discrepance, discrepancy, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distinction, divarication, divergence, unlikeness. See SAME. 2. A departing from what is… …

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  • 38unlikeness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition of being unlike or dissimilar: difference, discrepance, discrepancy, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distinction, divarication, divergence, divergency. See SAME …

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  • 39discrepancy — mid 15c. (discrepance), from L. discrepantia discordance, discrepancy, from discrepantem (nom. discrepans), prp. of discrepare sound differently, differ, from dis apart, off (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + crepare to rattle, crack. Related: Discrepancies …

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  • 40variation — n. 1. Alteration, mutation, change, modification. 2. Deviation, departure, difference, diversity, discrepance, discrepancy …

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