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discrepancy

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈskɹɛpənsi/
  • California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Texas: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /dɪˈskɹepənsi/
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  • New-Zealand: /dəˈskɹepənsi/
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S K R EH1 P AH0 N S IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The state or quality of being discrepant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

4

noun

Meaning 4

an event that departs from expectations

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: variance, variant

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: deviation, divergence, departure, difference

History

Etymology

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
Real reading context

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