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What (who) is Discrepancy - definition
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Discrepancy (disambiguation); Discrepancy (statistics)
discrepancy
n.
See discrepance
discrepancy
[d?s'kr?p(?)nsi]
¦ noun (plural discrepancies) a difference or lack of compatibility between two or more facts that should be similar.
Derivatives
discrepant adjective
Origin
C17: from L. discrepantia, from discrepare 'be discordant'.
discrepancy
(discrepancies)
If there is a discrepancy between two things that ought to be the same, there is a noticeable difference between them.
...the discrepancy between press and radio reports.
= inconsistency
N-VAR: usu with supp, oft N between pl-n, N in n
Examples of use of Discrepancy
1. The discrepancy could not be immediately reconciled.
2. The discrepancy could not be immediately explained.
3. The discrepancy could not immediately be explained.
4. Officials could not immediately explain the discrepancy.
5. There is something fundamentally insulting in the discrepancy.