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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Divergence or disagreement, as between facts or claims; difference.
- noun An instance of divergence or disagreement. synonym: difference.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Difference; disagreement; variance or contrariety, especially of facts or sentiments.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
inconsistency betweenfacts orsentiments . - noun The state or quality of being
discrepant .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
- noun an event that departs from expectations
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Examples
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To acquiesce in discrepancy is destructive of candor and of moral cleanliness.
Religion and Science 1969
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To acquiesce in discrepancy is destructive of candor and of moral cleanliness.
Religion and Science 1925
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To acquiesce in discrepancy is destructive of candor and of moral cleanliness.
Religion and Science 1925
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The reason for the discrepancy is the Tigers 'average of just 2.9 points per opponent's trip into the red zone allowed, which is a figure is nearly impossible to maintain and is mostly just random variance.
Jeff Ma: Bringing Down the Bookie: Week 7 Jeff Ma 2010
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At 20 feet high, even going out to 40 yards, the discrepancy is about half a yard.
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(I'm not sure if the discrepancy is a typographical error, but for the sake of my argument here, I'm assuming that he fell up to his elbow.)
Labor Law 2005
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But do you not think that governments have a part to play in what you call the discrepancy between perceptions and reality?
cafebabel.com 2009
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If you think this "discrepancy" is the death-knell of global warming theory, you really don't understand what's going on, "Bart".
Balkinization 2007
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If you think this "discrepancy" is the death-knell of global warming theory, you really don't understand what's going on, "Bart".
Balkinization 2007
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If you think this "discrepancy" is the death-knell of global warming theory, you really don't understand what's going on, "Bart".
Balkinization 2007
Related Words
synonyms (95)
Words with the same meaning
- anomalous
- anomaly
- antagonism
- antipathy
- antithesis
- argumentation
- balance
- clashing
- collision
- conflict
- confrontation
- contradiction
- contradistinction
- contraindication
- contraposition
- contrariety
- contrast
- controversy
- counterposition
- credit
- cross-purposes
- deficit
- departure
- deviation
- difference
- disaccord
- disaccordance
- disagreement
- disconformity
- discongruity
- discord
- discordance
- discordancy
- discreteness
- disharmony
- disparity
- dissemblance
- dissension
- dissent
- dissidence
- dissimilarity
- dissimilitude
- dissonance
- distinction
- distinctness
- disunion
- disunity
- divergence
- divergency
- diversity
- epact
- faction
- far cry
- gap
- heterogeneity
- hostility
- inaccordance
- incompatibility
- incongruity
- inconsistency
- inconsonance
- inequality
- inharmoniousness
- inharmony
- inimicalness
- irreconcilability
- jarring
- lacuna
- mismatch
- mixture
- negation
- net
- nonconformity
- odds
- oppositeness
- opposition
- opposure
- oppugnance
- oppugnancy
- otherness
- perversity
- polarity
- remainder
- repugnance
- separateness
- showdown
- surplus
- unconformity
- unharmoniousness
- unlikeness
- unorthodoxy
- variance
- variation
- variegation
- variety
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word discrepancy
No, I think that we've got a basic discrepancy here between the rule of law versus the rule of man.
-Roy Moore
July 30, 2009