Discrepancy - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|dɪsˈkrepənsɪ|
Brit.
|dɪsˈkrep(ə)nsɪ|
noun
- a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions (syn: disagreement, divergence, variance)
- an event that departs from expectations (syn: variance, variant)
- an event that departs from expectations (syn: variance, variant)
Extra examples
Discrepancies in the firm's financial statements led to an investigation.
There were discrepancies between their accounts of the accident.
The authors are unable to discover the cause of this discrepancy.
If an article is on one machine but not the other, a copy is made to eliminate the discrepancy.
The great apparent discrepancy between the two Chroniclers is merely evident.
Word forms
noun
singular: discrepancy
plural: discrepancies
singular: discrepancy
plural: discrepancies
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