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An inconsistency between facts or sentiments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
They found a discrepancy between the first set of test results and the second, and they're still trying to figure out why.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The state or quality of being discrepant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a growing divergence of opinion
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: disagreement, divergence, variance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: difference
Narrower terms: allowance, leeway, margin, tolerance
an event that departs from expectations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: variance, variant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: deviation, divergence, departure, difference
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 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.
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
تَضَارُب
(taḍārub)
— inconsistency
Arabic :
تَنَاقُض
(tanāquḍ)
— inconsistency
Bulgarian :
несъотве́тствие
(nesǎotvétstvie)
— inconsistency
Bulgarian :
несъгла́сие
(nesǎglásie)
— inconsistency
Catalan :
discrepància
— inconsistency
Chinese Mandarin :
差異 /差异
(chāyì)
— inconsistency
Czech :
rozpor
— inconsistency
Czech :
nesrovnalost
— inconsistency
Danish :
diskrepans
— inconsistency
Dutch :
discrepantie
— inconsistency
Esperanto :
malakordo
— inconsistency
Finnish :
epäjohdonmukaisuus
— inconsistency
Finnish :
eroavuus
— inconsistency
French :
incohérence
— inconsistency
German :
Diskrepanz
— inconsistency
German :
Widerspruch
— inconsistency
German :
Unstimmigkeit
— inconsistency
German :
Abweichung
— inconsistency
Greek :
ασυμφωνία
(asymfonía)
— inconsistency
Hindi :
असंगति
(asaṅgti)
— inconsistency
Hindi :
विसंगति
(visaṅgti)
— inconsistency
Hungarian :
ellentmondás
— inconsistency
Icelandic :
misræmi
— inconsistency
Icelandic :
ósamræmi
— inconsistency
Indonesian :
kesenjangan
— inconsistency
Japanese :
違い
(chigai)
— inconsistency
Japanese :
食い違い
(kuichigai)
— inconsistency
Japanese :
不一致
(fuitchi)
— inconsistency
Northern Kurdish :
nakokî
— inconsistency
Northern Kurdish :
nelihevî
— inconsistency
Northern Kurdish :
newekhevî
— inconsistency
Latin :
discrepantia
— inconsistency
Plautdietsch :
Fäla
— inconsistency
Polish :
rozbieżność
— inconsistency
Portuguese :
discrepância
— inconsistency
Russian :
расхожде́ние
(rasxoždénije)
— inconsistency
Russian :
разногла́сие
(raznoglásije)
— inconsistency
Scottish Gaelic :
eadar-dhealachadh
— inconsistency
Serbo-Croatian :
raskorak
— inconsistency
Slovak :
diskrepancia
— inconsistency
Slovak :
rozpor
— inconsistency
Slovak :
nezrovnalosť
— inconsistency
Spanish :
discrepancia
— inconsistency
Swedish :
diskrepans
— inconsistency
Tagalog :
biso
— inconsistency
Ukrainian :
розбі́жність
(rozbížnistʹ)
— inconsistency
Bulgarian :
несъгла́сие
(nesǎglásie)
— discrepant state
Bulgarian :
разли́чие
(razlíčie)
— discrepant state
Dutch :
discrepantie
— discrepant state
Finnish :
epäjohdonmukaisuus
— discrepant state
Indonesian :
kesenjangan
— discrepant state
Northern Kurdish :
nakokî
— discrepant state
Northern Kurdish :
nelihevî
— discrepant state
Northern Kurdish :
newekhevî
— discrepant state
Portuguese :
discrepância
— discrepant state
Russian :
разли́чие
(razlíčije)
— discrepant state
Russian :
несоотве́тствие
(nesootvétstvije)
— discrepant state