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discrepancy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• audio Queensland
• /dɪˈskɹepənsi/ (Australia)
• (California) audio
• /dɪˈskɹɛpənsi/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Texas) audio
• /dəˈskɹepənsi/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Latin crepō Latin discrepō Latin discrepāns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin discrepantiabor. English discrepancy Borrowed from Latin discrepantia, from discrepans, from discrepō, from crepō. By surface analysis, discrepant + -cy. See also discrepant.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An inconsistency between facts or sentiments.
   • WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, […]. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. 2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2019, page 18:
   • Still, there is pilferage, mysterious discrepancies eating into the percentages. 1981, John Updike, Rabbit is Rich:
   • They found a discrepancy between the first set of test results and the second, and they're still trying to figure out why.
2. (countable, uncountable) The state or quality of being discrepant.

Forms

Deriveds

nondiscrepancy · self-discrepancy

Synonyms

conflict (inconsistency) · variation (inconsistency) · disparity (inconsistency) · dissimilarity (inconsistency) · divergence (inconsistency) · anomaly (inconsistency) · inconsistency (inconsistency) · incompatibility (inconsistency) · mismatch (inconsistency) · disagreement (inconsistency) · contrariety (inconsistency) · discordance (discrepant state) · deviation (inconsistency) · difference (inconsistency) · anomalous (discrepant state) · variance (inconsistency)

Translations (58)

sk diskrepancia (inconsistency) · hi असंगति (inconsistency) · es discrepancia (inconsistency) · id kesenjangan (inconsistency) · ru разли́чие (discrepant state) · hu ellentmondás (inconsistency) · bg несъотве́тствие (inconsistency) · pl rozbieżność (inconsistency) · bg несъгла́сие (discrepant state) · ja 違い (inconsistency) · fr incohérence (inconsistency) · de Widerspruch (inconsistency) · sk nezrovnalosť (inconsistency) · is ósamræmi (inconsistency) · da diskrepans (inconsistency) · fi epäjohdonmukaisuus (inconsistency) · ja 食い違い (inconsistency) · tl biso (inconsistency) · kmr newekhevî (discrepant state) · eo malakordo (inconsistency) · ru несоотве́тствие (discrepant state) · pt discrepância (inconsistency) · cmn 差異 /差异 (inconsistency) · ca discrepància (inconsistency) · ar تَفَاوُت (inconsistency) · cs rozpor (inconsistency) · gd eadar-dhealachadh (inconsistency) · kmr nakokî (inconsistency) · kmr newekhevî (inconsistency) · kmr nelihevî (inconsistency) · kmr nakokî (discrepant state) · id kesenjangan (discrepant state) · fi eroavuus (inconsistency) · ja 不一致 (inconsistency) · de Unstimmigkeit (inconsistency) · bg разли́чие (discrepant state) · ar تَضَارُب (inconsistency) · nl discrepantie (inconsistency) · ru разногла́сие (inconsistency) · is misræmi (inconsistency) · hi विसंगति (inconsistency) · cs nesrovnalost (inconsistency) · uk розбі́жність (inconsistency) · el ασυμφωνία (inconsistency) · fi epäjohdonmukaisuus (discrepant state) · sh raskorak (inconsistency) · ru расхожде́ние (inconsistency) · ar تَنَاقُض (inconsistency) · sv diskrepans (inconsistency) · kmr nelihevî (discrepant state) · pt discrepância (discrepant state) · la discrepantia (inconsistency) · sk rozpor (inconsistency) · nl discrepantie (discrepant state) · de Abweichung (inconsistency) · bg несъгла́сие (inconsistency) · pdt Fäla (inconsistency) · de Diskrepanz (inconsistency)