"discrepancy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪsˈkɹɛpənsi/ Audio: en-us-discrepancy.ogg , en-au-discrepancy.ogg Forms: discrepancies [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin discrepantia, from discrepans, from discrepō, from crepō. By surface analysis, discrepant + -cy. See also discrepant. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|discrepantia}} Borrowed from Latin discrepantia, {{surf|en|discrepant|-cy}} By surface analysis, discrepant + -cy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} discrepancy (countable and uncountable, plural discrepancies)
  1. An inconsistency between facts or sentiments. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (inconsistency): تَضَارُب (taḍārub) [masculine] (Arabic), تَنَاقُض (tanāquḍ) [masculine] (Arabic), несъотве́тствие (nesǎotvétstvie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), несъгла́сие (nesǎglásie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 差異 (Chinese Mandarin), 差异 (chāyì) (Chinese Mandarin), rozpor [masculine] (Czech), nesrovnalost [feminine] (Czech), discrepantie [feminine] (Dutch), malakordo (Esperanto), epäjohdonmukaisuus (Finnish), eroavuus (Finnish), incohérence [feminine] (French), Diskrepanz [feminine] (German), Widerspruch (German), Unstimmigkeit (German), Abweichung (German), ασυμφωνία (asymfonía) [feminine] (Greek), ellentmondás (Hungarian), misræmi [neuter] (Icelandic), ósamræmi [neuter] (Icelandic), kesenjangan (Indonesian), 違い (chigai) (alt: ちがい) (Japanese), 食い違い (kuichigai) (alt: くいちがい) (Japanese), 不一致 (fuitchi) (alt: ふいっち) (Japanese), discrepantia [feminine] (Latin), nakokî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), nelihevî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), newekhevî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), Fäla [masculine] (Plautdietsch), rozbieżność (Polish), discrepância [feminine] (Portuguese), расхожде́ние (rasxoždénije) [neuter] (Russian), разногла́сие (raznoglásije) [neuter] (Russian), eadar-dhealachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), raskorak [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), diskrepancia [feminine] (Slovak), rozpor [masculine] (Slovak), nezrovnalosť [feminine] (Slovak), discrepancia [feminine] (Spanish), diskrepans [common-gender] (Swedish), biso (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-discrepancy-en-noun-l7j0fhUN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -cy, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cy: 73 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 81 19 Synonyms (inconsistency): conflict, contrariety, deviation, difference, disagreement, disparity, divergence, incompatibility, inconsistency, mismatch, variance, variation, dissimilarity, anomaly Disambiguation of 'inconsistency': 94 6 Disambiguation of 'inconsistency': 94 6
  2. The state or quality of being discrepant. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (discrepant state): discordance, anomalous Translations (discrepant state): несъгла́сие (nesǎglásie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), разли́чие (razlíčie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), discrepantie [feminine] (Dutch), epäjohdonmukaisuus (Finnish), kesenjangan (Indonesian), nakokî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), nelihevî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), newekhevî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), discrepância [feminine] (Portuguese), разли́чие (razlíčije) [neuter] (Russian), несоотве́тствие (nesootvétstvije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-discrepancy-en-noun-zx8nJ41o Disambiguation of 'discrepant state': 2 98 Disambiguation of 'discrepant state': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: discrepance [archaic] Derived forms: nondiscrepancy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "расхожде́ние"
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      "word": "eroavuus"
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      "sense": "inconsistency",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Diskrepanz"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "inconsistency",
      "word": "Widerspruch"
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      "sense": "inconsistency",
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      "sense": "inconsistency",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "inconsistency",
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      "word": "discrepância"
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      "sense": "inconsistency",
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      "word": "расхожде́ние"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "raznoglásije",
      "sense": "inconsistency",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "inconsistency",
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      "sense": "inconsistency",
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      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "inconsistency",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "nezrovnalosť"
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "inconsistency",
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      "word": "diskrepans"
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      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "inconsistency",
      "word": "biso"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "code": "ru",
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