Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Divergence or disagreement, as between facts or claims; difference.
- noun An instance of divergence or disagreement. synonym: difference.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Difference; disagreement; variance or contrariety, especially of facts or sentiments.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
inconsistency betweenfacts orsentiments . - noun The state or quality of being
discrepant .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
- noun an event that departs from expectations
Etymologies
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Examples
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To acquiesce in discrepancy is destructive of candor and of moral cleanliness.
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To acquiesce in discrepancy is destructive of candor and of moral cleanliness.
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To acquiesce in discrepancy is destructive of candor and of moral cleanliness.
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The reason for the discrepancy is the Tigers 'average of just 2.9 points per opponent's trip into the red zone allowed, which is a figure is nearly impossible to maintain and is mostly just random variance.
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At 20 feet high, even going out to 40 yards, the discrepancy is about half a yard.
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(I'm not sure if the discrepancy is a typographical error, but for the sake of my argument here, I'm assuming that he fell up to his elbow.)
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But do you not think that governments have a part to play in what you call the discrepancy between perceptions and reality?
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If you think this "discrepancy" is the death-knell of global warming theory, you really don't understand what's going on, "Bart".
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If you think this "discrepancy" is the death-knell of global warming theory, you really don't understand what's going on, "Bart".
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If you think this "discrepancy" is the death-knell of global warming theory, you really don't understand what's going on, "Bart".
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word discrepancy
No, I think that we've got a basic discrepancy here between the rule of law versus the rule of man.
-Roy Moore
July 30, 2009