inequality

不平等、格差

人や集団の間にある、お金、権力、権利や機会の不公平な差。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： inequality between A and B (The report examines inequality between men and women.)

類義語： disparity, unfairness

反対語： equality

よく使う表現： income inequality, social inequality, gender inequality

不等式

二つの量が等しくないことや、大小関係を示す数式。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： unequality, unequalness, inequalness, inequation

反対語： equality

よく使う表現： solve an inequality, linear inequality, strict inequality