discrepancy
the state or quality of being discrepant or in disagreement, as by displaying an unexpected or unacceptable difference; inconsistency: The discrepancy between the evidence and his account of what happened led to his arrest.
an instance of difference or inconsistency: There are certain discrepancies between the two versions of the story.
Origin of discrepancy
1- Also dis·crep·ance .
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How to use discrepancy in a sentence
Tweedy had gone online to research a small discrepancy in a pair of Mormon texts.
"The discrepancy may have been that we really don't see black or white among our colleagues," Zoll said.
By no means does this discrepancy indicate that Barnard is necessarily safer for women.
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C’mon, Ladies, Masturbation Isn’t Just for Bad Girls | Emily Shire | June 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe claims in his complaint that the agency never clarified the discrepancy nor did it pay Shanklin the $35,000.
How, then, are we to explain this extraordinary discrepancy between human power and resulting human happiness?
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockThere was, of course, a ridiculous discrepancy between this latter demand and the magnitude of his fortune.
Juana | Honore de BalzacBy this method a line can be reserved for each hand, and any discrepancy in the scores at once rectified.
Westphal attributes this strange discrepancy to the accidental displacing of some words in the MSS.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning MonroThis consideration brings the two places into such close agreement that any hypothesis involving discrepancy is most improbable.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning Monro
British Dictionary definitions for discrepancy
/ (dɪˈskrɛpənsɪ) /
a conflict or variation, as between facts, figures, or claims
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