懸けん隔かく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

difference; discrepancy; gap

Formal, somewhat literary term for a large gap or disparity between two things, often in abstract contexts like ability, opinion, or condition. Commonly used as 懸隔がある or 懸隔を生じる.

• 両りょう者しゃの意い見けんには大おおきな懸けん隔かくがある。

  There is a wide gap between the opinions of the two sides.

• 技ぎ術じゅつ力りょくの懸けん隔かくが年ねん々ねん広ひろがっている。

  The gap in technical ability is widening year by year.