inequality

desigualdad

Diferencia injusta de dinero, poder, derechos u oportunidades entre personas o grupos.

En inglés sencillo: An unfair difference in money, power, rights, or opportunities between people or groups.

• The policy aims to reduce inequality.
• Income inequality has grown in recent years.
• They are studying inequality in access to education.

Cómo se usa: inequality between A and B (The report examines inequality between men and women.)

Sinónimos: disparity, unfairness

Antónimos: equality

Expresiones frecuentes: income inequality, social inequality, gender inequality

desigualdad, inecuación

Expresión matemática que indica que dos cantidades son distintas, o que una es mayor o menor que otra.

En inglés sencillo: A mathematical statement showing that two amounts are different, or that one is larger or smaller.

• Solve the inequality for x.
• This inequality compares two positive numbers.
• Reversing the inequality sign changes the answer.

Sinónimos: unequality, unequalness, inequalness, inequation

Antónimos: equality

Expresiones frecuentes: solve an inequality, linear inequality, strict inequality