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discrepancy

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21
Words With Friends
24
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/dɪˈskɹɛpənsi/
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/dɪˈskɹɛpənsi/ · /dɪˈskɹepənsi/ · /dəˈskɹepənsi/ · /ˈɖɪskrəpənsi/

Definition of discrepancy

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)An inconsistency between facts or sentiments.
    “They found a discrepancy between the first set of test results and the second, and they're still trying to figure out why.”
    “Still, there is pilferage, mysterious discrepancies eating into the percentages.”
    “WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, […]. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)An inconsistency between facts or sentiments.
    “They found a discrepancy between the first set of test results and the second, and they're still trying to figure out why.”
    “Still, there is pilferage, mysterious discrepancies eating into the percentages.”
    “WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, […]. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)The state or quality of being discrepant.

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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 *-yós 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.

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