dissimilarity
noun
dis·sim·i·lar·i·ty
(ˌ)di(s)-ˌsi-mə-ˈler-ə-tē
plural dissimilarities
: the quality or state of being dissimilar : difference in appearance or nature
… a recurrent trope in Hanks's stories is stressing the dissimilarity of life to cinema: lovers worry that they have become "like characters in a movie"; siblings close in age refuse to dress "like twins in some movie".—Mark Lawson
Whatever their dissimilarities, neither Stalin nor Khrushchev nor Brezhnev wanted a war with the United States.—John Lewis Gaddis
The exhibition looks past any superficial dissimilarities between the two and instead focus on what makes each a great photographer: the willingness to follow the story and get the right shot.—The Huffington Post
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