Discrepancy

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɪsˈkɹɛpÉ™nsi/

Origin

From Latin discrepantia, from discrepans, from discrepō, from crepō. See also discrepant.

Full definition of discrepancy

Noun

1. An inconsistency between facts or sentiments.
• 2013-06-07, Gary Younge, Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution, WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, …. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies.
2. They found a discrepancy between the first set of test results and the second, and they're still trying to figure out why.
3. The state or quality of being discrepant.

Synonyms

• (inconsistency) conflict, contrariety, deviation, difference, disagreement, disparity, divergence, incompatibility, inconsistency, mismatch, variance, variation, dissimilarity, anomaly
• (discrepant state) discordance, anomalous