'Discrepancy' definitions:
Definition of 'discrepancy'
(from WordNet)
noun
A difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion" [syn: discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance]
noun
Definition of 'Discrepancy'
From: GCIDE
- Discrepance \Dis*crep"ance\ (?; 277), Discrepancy \Dis*crep"an*cy\, n.; pl. -ances, -ancies. [L. disrepantia: cf. OF. discrepance. See Discrepant.] The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety. [1913 Webster]
- There hath been ever a discrepance of vesture of youth and age, men and women. --Sir T. Elyot. [1913 Webster]
- There is no real discrepancy between these two genealogies. --G. S. Faber. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'discrepancy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- antagonism,
- antipathy,
- antithesis,
- argumentation,
- balance,
- clashing,
- collision,
- conflict,
- confrontation,
- contradiction,
- contradistinction,
- contraindication,
- contraposition,
- contrariety,
- contrast,
- controversy,
- counterposition,
- credit,
- cross-purposes,
- deficit,
- departure,
- deviation,
- difference,
- disaccord,
- disaccordance,
- disagreement,
- disconformity,
- discongruity,
- discord,
- discordance,
- discordancy,
- discreteness,
- disharmony,
- disparity,
- dissemblance,
- dissension,
- dissent,
- dissidence,
- dissimilarity,
- dissimilitude,
- dissonance,
- distinction,
- distinctness,
- disunion,
- disunity,
- divergence,
- divergency,
- diversity,
- epact,
- faction,
- far cry,
- gap,
- heterogeneity,
- hostility,
- inaccordance,
- incompatibility,
- incongruity,
- inconsistency,
- inconsonance,
- inequality,
- inharmoniousness,
- inharmony,
- inimicalness,
- irreconcilability,
- jarring,
- lacuna,
- mixture,
- negation,
- net,
- nonconformity,
- odds,
- oppositeness,
- opposition,
- opposure,
- oppugnance,
- oppugnancy,
- otherness,
- perversity,
- polarity,
- remainder,
- repugnance,
- separateness,
- showdown,
- surplus,
- unconformity,
- unharmoniousness,
- unlikeness,
- unorthodoxy,
- variance,
- variation,
- variegation,
- variety