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) n., несъгласие (bg) 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) 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. Serbian: raskorak m. Slovak: diskrepancia f., rozpor m., nezrovnalosť f. Swedish: diskrepans (sv) c.

discrepant state

Bulgarian: несъгласие (bg) n., различие (bg) Dutch: discrepantie (nl) f.

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