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discrepancy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun discrepancy has 2 senses
- discrepancy(n = noun.attribute) disagreement, divergence, variance - a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion" is a kind of difference
- discrepancy(n = noun.event) variance, variant - an event that departs from expectations; Array is a kind of departure, deviation, difference, divergence
has particulars: allowance, leeway, margin, tolerance
Derived forms adjective discrepant3, adjective discrepant2, adjective discrepant1
Derived form adjective discrepant3
OXFORD DICTIONARY
discrepancy, n. (pl. -ies)
1 difference; failure to correspond; inconsistency.
2 an instance of this.
1 difference; failure to correspond; inconsistency.
2 an instance of this.
Derivative
discrepant adj.
Etymology
L discrepare be discordant (as DIS-, crepare creak)
THESAURUS
discrepancy
antagonism, antipathy, antithesis, argumentation, balance, clashing, collision, conflict, confrontation, contradiction, contradistinction, contraindication, contraposition, contrariety, contrast, controversy, counterposition, credit, cross-purposes, deficit, departure, deviation, difference, disaccord, disaccordance, disagreement, disconformity, discongruity, discord, discordance, discordancy, discreteness, disharmony, disparity, dissemblance, dissension, dissent, dissidence, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, dissonance, distinction, distinctness, disunion, disunity, divergence, divergency, diversity, epact, faction, far cry, gap, heterogeneity, hostility, inaccordance, incompatibility, incongruity, inconsistency, inconsonance, inequality, inharmoniousness, inharmony, inimicalness, irreconcilability, jarring, lacuna, mixture, negation, net, nonconformity, odds, oppositeness, opposition, opposure, oppugnance, oppugnancy, otherness, perversity, polarity, remainder, repugnance, separateness, showdown, surplus, unconformity, unharmoniousness, unlikeness, unorthodoxy, variance, variation, variegation, varietyROGET THESAURUS
discrepancy
Variation
N variation, alteration, modification, moods and tenses, discrepance, discrepancy, divergency, deviation, aberration, innovation, varied, modified, diversified.Disagreement
N disagreement, discord, discordance, dissonance, dissidence, discrepancy, unconformity, incongruity, incongruence, discongruity, mesalliance, jarring, dissension, conflict, bickering, clashing, misunderstanding, wrangle, disparity, mismatch, disproportion, dissimilitude, inequality, disproportionateness, variance, divergence, repugnance, unfitness, inaptitude, impropriety, inapplicability, inconsistency, inconcinnity, irrelevancy, misjoining, misjoinder, syncretism, intrusion, interference, concordia discors, fish out of water, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, at variance, at war, hostile, antagonistic, repugnant, incompatible, irreconcilable, inconsistent with, unconformable, exceptional, intrusive, incongruous, disproportionate, disproportionated, inharmonious, unharmonious, inconsonant, unconsonant, divergent, repugnant to, inapt, unapt, inappropriate, improper, unsuited, unsuitable, inapplicable, not to the point, unfit, unfitting, unbefitting, unbecoming, illtimed, unseasonable, mal a propos, inadmissible, inapposite, uncongenial, ill-assorted, ill-sorted, mismatched, misjoined, misplaced, misclassified, unaccommodating, irreducible, incommensurable, uncommensurable, unsympathetic, out of character, out of keeping, out of proportion, out of joint, out of tune, out of place, out of season, out of its element, at odds with, at variance with, in defiance, in contempt, in spite of, discordantly, a tort et a travers, asinus ad lyram.
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