discrepancy[noun]Synonyms: disagreement, conflict, contradiction, difference, disparity, divergence, incongruity, inconsistency, variation
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di‧screp‧an‧cy /dɪˈskrepənsi/
noun (
plural discrepancies)
[uncountable and countable][
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Latin;
Origin: discrepare 'to make unpleasant sounds that do not go together']
a difference between two amounts, details, reports etc that should be the same
discrepancy in
Police found discrepancies in the two men’s reports.discrepancy between There is a large discrepancy between the ideal image of motherhood and the reality. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲