軒けん輊ち

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

high and low; disparity

Rare literary word for a gap or difference in level, rank, or quality. Often used in the set phrase 軒輊がある or 軒輊を付ける, but even these are uncommon.

• 両りょう者しゃの実じつ力りょくには軒けん輊ちがある。

  There is a disparity in ability between the two.

• この二ふたつの案あんに軒けん輊ちを付つけるのは難むずかしい。

  It is difficult to rank these two proposals.