different between unlikeness vs disproportion

English

Etymology

unlike +? -ness

Noun

unlikeness (countable and uncountable, plural unlikenesses)

1. (uncountable) the state of being unlike
2. (countable) an unlike characteristic

Translations

English

Etymology

dis- +? proportion

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?sp???p????n/

Noun

disproportion (countable and uncountable, plural disproportions)

1. The state of being out of proportion; an abnormal or improper ratio; an imbalance.
   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter XIII, p. 208, [1]

     […] a handsome creature, remarkably so, with features so symmetrical […] that a micrometer gauge could scarcely find a disproportion in her smooth and broad mahogany-coloured face.

   the disproportion of the length of a building to its height

2. Lack of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness.

   the disproportion of strength or means to an object

Derived terms

• cephalopelvic disproportion

Translations

Verb

disproportion (third-person singular simple present disproportions, present participle disproportioning, simple past and past participle disproportioned)

1. (transitive) To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch.
   • 1838, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic

     a degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the extent of its territory