discrepancy
UK/dɪˈskɹɛpənsi/
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Australia/dɪˈskɹepənsi/
discrepancy noun: an inconsistency between facts or sentiments.
Noun
discrepancy (countable and uncountable, plural discrepancies)
- An inconsistency between facts or sentiments.
- They found a discrepancy between the first set of test results and the second, and they're still trying to figure out why.
- Still, there is pilferage, mysterious discrepancies eating into the percentages.1981, John Updike, Rabbit is Rich
- Synonyms:
- conflict, contrariety, deviation, difference, disagreement, disparity, divergence, incompatibility, inconsistency, mismatch
- The state or quality of being discrepant.
- Synonyms:
- discordance, anomalous
discrepancy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
discrepancy in Hindi
- inconsistency
- असंगति asaṅgti, विसंगति visaṅgti
discrepancy in Tamil
- குறைபாடு, முரண்பாடு, முரண்பாடு ஓவ்வாமை, வேறுபாடு, சிறுவேறுபாடு, பொருந்தாமை
discrepancy in Urdu
- گھپلا
discrepancy in Bengali
- অমিল, গরমিল
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- discrepancy in Malayalam
- പൊരുത്തക്കേട് poruttakkēṭŭ
- discrepancy in Kannada
- ಹೊಂದಿಕೆಯಾಗದಿರುವಿಕೆ, ಹೋಲಿಕೆ ತಪ್ಪಿರುವುದು, ವ್ಯತ್ಯಾಸ, ಭಿನ್ನತೆ
- discrepancy in Punjabi
- ਰੌਲ਼ਾ rauḷā
- discrepancy in Tagalog
- biso
- discrepancy in Arabic
- تَضَارُب taḍārub, تَنَاقُض tanāquḍ, تَفَاوُت tafāwut
- discrepancy in Indonesian
- kesenjangan
Examples of discrepancy in a sentence
- A good example of the potential discrepancy between human and feline goals is onychectomy, or declawing.
- Cancer is a complex multigenetic disease, and different genetic backgrounds may contribute to the discrepancy.
- They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies.
Synonyms of discrepancy
- conflict
- contrariety
- deviation
- difference
- disagreement
- disparity
- divergence
- incompatibility
- inconsistency
- mismatch
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Forms of discrepancy
| plural | discrepancies |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | discrepance |
Origin of discrepancy
Borrowed from Latin discrepantia, from discrepans, from discrepō, from crepō. By surface analysis, discrepant + -cy. See also discrepant.
Words formed from discrepancy
Questions about discrepancy
- What does discrepancy mean?
- Discrepancy means an inconsistency between facts or sentiments.
- What is discrepancy in Hindi?
- Discrepancy in Hindi is असंगति (asaṅgti), विसंगति (visaṅgti). See Discrepancy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is discrepancy?
- Discrepancy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce discrepancy?
- Discrepancy is pronounced /dɪˈskɹɛpənsi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of discrepancy?
- The plural of discrepancy is discrepancies.
Words near discrepancy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: discrepancy (page history and authors); discrepancy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); discrepancy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Discrepancy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); പൊരുത്തക്കേട് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); discrepancy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਰੌਲ਼ਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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