落差|らくさrakusa[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noundifference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); fall distance
2. noundifference; gap

• Antonym均等きんとうWrittenWritten/formal prose word for quantities or levels being evenly equal, as in 「均等に分ける」; it contrasts with 「落差」 in whether there is a height difference.
• Antonym水平すいへいNeutralDescribes a level state with no tilt; it contrasts with 「落差」 in whether there is a height difference.
• Antonym平坦へいたんNeutralRefers to flat ground or a smooth, uneventful course of events; it contrasts with 「落差」 in whether there are ups and downs.

Use 「落差」 for the difference in height when water or an object falls, or the gap in level between two things, as in 「滝の落差」 and 「理想と現実の落差」. The opposites are 「均等」 (evenly equal, written), 「平坦」 (flat or uneventful) and 「水平」 (level, no tilt).

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1. 水流すいりゅうや物体ぶったいが落下らっかする際さいの高低こうていの差さ。
2. 二ふたつの物事ものごとを比較ひかくした際さいの水準すいじゅんなどの高低こうていの差さ。