#28. [Difference of quantity or degree.] Inequality. —­ N. inequality;
disparity, imparity; odds; difference &c. 15; unevenness; inclination of the balance, partiality, bias, weight; shortcoming; casting weight, make-weight; superiority &c. 33; inferiority &c. 34; inequation[obs3]. 
     V. be unequal &c. adj.; countervail; have the advantage, give the
advantage; turn the scale; kick the beam; topple, topple over; overmatch &c. 33; not come up to &c. 34. 
     Adj. unequal, uneven, disparate, partial; unbalanced, overbalanced;
top-heavy, lopsided, biased, skewed; disquiparant[obs3]. 
     Adv. haud passibus aequis [Latin][Vergil].

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     #29.  Mean. —­ N. mean, average; median, mode; balance, medium,
mediocrity, generality; golden mean &c. (mid-course) 628; middle &c. 68; compromise &c. 774; middle course, middle state; neutrality.
     mediocrity, least common denominator. 
     V. split the difference; take the average &c. n.; reduce to a mean &c.
n.; strike a balance, pair off.  Adj. mean, intermediate; middle &c. 68; average; neutral.
     mediocre, middle-class; commonplace &c. (unimportant) 643. 
     Adv. on an average, in the long run; taking one with another, taking
all things together, taking it for all in all; communibus annis[Lat], in round numbers. 
     Phr. medium tenuere beati[Lat].

     #30.  Compensation. —­ N. compensation, equation; commutation;
indemnification; compromise &c. 774 neutralization, nullification; counteraction &c. 179; reaction; measure for measure, retaliation &c. 718 equalization &c. 27; robbing Peter to pay Paul.
     set-off, offset; make-weight, casting-weight; counterpoise, ballast;
indemnity, equivalent, quid pro quo; bribe, hush money; amends &c. (atonement) 952; counterbalance, counterclaim; cross-debt, cross-demand. 
     V. make compensation; compensate, compense[obs3]; indemnify;
counteract, countervail, counterpoise; balance; outbalance[obs3], overbalance, counterbalance; set off; hedge, square, give and take; make up for, lee way; cover, fill up, neutralize, nullify; equalize &c. 27; make good; redeem &c. (atone) 952. 
     Adj. compensating, compensatory; countervailing &c. v.; in the
opposite scale; equivalent &c. (equal) 27. 
     Adv. in return, in consideration; but, however, yet, still,
notwithstanding; nevertheless, nathless[obs3], none the less; although, though; albeit, howbeit; mauger[obs3]; at all events, at any rate; be that as it may, for all that, even so, on the other, hand, at the same time, quoad minus[Lat], quand meme[Fr], however that may be; after all is said and done; taking one thing with another &c. (average) 29. 
     Phr. “light is mingled with the gloom” [Whittier]; every dark cloud
has a silver lining; primo avulso non deficit alter [Lat][obs3][Vergil]; saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas [Lat][Ovid].