noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Used in technical or formal contexts to describe the numerical range or difference between two values, such as in statistics, economics, or engineering. Often appears as 較差が大きい or 較差がある.
このデータの較差は予想以上に大きい。
The range of this data is larger than expected.
両者の較差を縮める必要がある。
We need to narrow the gap between the two.