So, I was composing an e-mail this morning but had one of those tip-of-the-tongue (tip-of-the-fingers?) moments. I couldn’t figure out the correct word meaning “scope of differences” for the following context:
“There has been an increasing ______________ between the methodologies of the two systems…”
I thought “discrepancy?” No…
“Discongruency?” No, that’s not a word.
“Disp.. disparagement?” Haha, not the right meaning.
Alas, Jessica and Lynnette were both not online (and believe it or not, I actually signed on to AIM, Gmail, and Facebook to check… that’s how desperate I was) !
So I decided to Google the phrase with a wildcard. A search for “an increasing * between” quickly yielded the word I was looking for: DISPARITY!!!
Hope you guys find that tip handy. It’s especially useful for statistics, e.g. Mt. Everest is * feet tall. Happy Googling!
-Your friendly neighborhood geek-man
P.S. And yes, I write personal e-mails with sentences like “There has been an increasing disparity between the methodologies of the two systems”…
