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discrepant

/ˈdɪskɹɪpənt/

discrepant adjective: showing difference; inconsistent, dissimilar.

Adjective

discrepant (comparative more discrepant, superlative most discrepant)

  1. (formal) Showing difference; inconsistent, dissimilar.
    • The Egyptians were doubtless the most singular of all the Pagans, and the most oddly discrepant from the rest in their manner of worship; yet nevertheless, that these also agreed with the rest in those fundamentals of worshipping one supreme and universal Numen […]1678, R[alph] Cudworth, chapter IV, in The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated...
    • But the term 'godlike,' […] becomes exceedingly vague, for many gods have flourished in religious history, and their attributes have been discrepant enough.1902, William James, “Lecture II: Circumscription of the Topic”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC...

Noun

discrepant (plural discrepants)

  1. (archaic, formal) A dissident.
    • If you persecute heretics or discrepants, they unite themselves as to a common defence […]1646, Jeremy Taylor, A Discourse of the Liberty of Prophesying

discrepant meaning in Hindi and Bengali

discrepant in Hindi

discrepant, different
विभिन्न vibhinn

discrepant in Bengali

পার্থক্য, অসামঞ্জস্যতা, সদৃশতা দেখানো

Synonyms of discrepant

Forms of discrepant

Adjective
comparativemore discrepant
superlativemost discrepant
Noun
pluraldiscrepants

Origin of discrepant

From Latin discrepāns, present participle of discrepō (“to differ in sound, differ, disagree”), from dis- (“apart”) + crepō (“to make a noise, crackle”).

Words formed from discrepant

Questions about discrepant

What does discrepant mean?
Discrepant means showing difference; inconsistent, dissimilar.
What is discrepant in Hindi?
Discrepant in Hindi is विभिन्न (vibhinn). See Discrepant meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is discrepant?
Discrepant can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce discrepant?
Discrepant is pronounced /ˈdɪskɹɪpənt/.

Words near discrepant in the dictionary

  1. discremination
  2. discrepance
  3. discrepances
  4. discrepancies
  5. discrepancy
  6. discrepant
  7. discrepantly
  8. discrepants
  9. discrepency
  10. discretamine
  11. discrete

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Adapted from Wiktionary: discrepant (page history and authors); विभिन्न (Hindi) (page history and authors); discrepant (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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