discrepancy

WOTD – 6 August 2006    

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /dɪsˈkrɛpənsi/

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Etymology

From Latin discrepantia, from discrepans, from discrepō, from crepō. See also discrepant.

Noun

discrepancy (plural discrepancies)

1. 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.

2. The state or quality of being discrepant.

Quotations

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Synonyms

• (inconsistency): conflict, contrariety, deviation, difference, disagreement, disparity, divergence, incompatibility, inconsistency, mismatch, variance, variation, dissimilarity, anomaly
• (discrepant state): discordance, anomalous

Translations

inconsistency

• Arabic: تضارب (ar)
• Bulgarian: несъответствие (bg) (nesǎotvetstvie) n, несъгласие (bg) (nesǎglasie)
• Czech: rozpor (cs) m, nesrovnalost (cs) f
• Dutch: discrepantie (nl) f
• Finnish: epäjohdonmukaisuus, eroavuus
• French: incohérence (fr) f
• German: Diskrepanz (de) f
• Greek: ασυμφωνία (el) (asymfonía) f

• Japanese: 違い (ja)
• Kurdish: nakokî (ku) f, nelihevî (ku) f, newekhevî (ku) f
• Mandarin: 差異 (cmn)
• Polish: rozbieżność (pl)
• Russian: расхождение (ru) (rashoždénie) n, разногласие (ru) (raznoglásie) n
• Serbo-Croatian: raskorak m
• Slovak: diskrepancia f, rozpor m, nezrovnalosť f
• Swedish: diskrepans (sv) c

discrepant state

• Bulgarian: несъгласие (bg) (nesǎglasie) n, различие (bg) (različie)
• Dutch: discrepantie (nl) f

• Kurdish: nakokî (ku) f, nelihevî (ku) f, newekhevî (ku) f
• Russian: различие (ru) (razlíčie) n, несоответствие (ru) (nesootvétstvie) n