2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Discrepance \Dis*crep"ance\ (?; 277), Discrepancy
\Dis*crep"an*cy\, n.; pl {-ances}, {-ancies}. [L. disrepantia:
cf OF discrepance. See {Discrepant}.]
The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement;
variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety.
There hath been ever a discrepance of vesture of youth
and age, men and women. --Sir T.
Elyot.
There is no real discrepancy between these two
genealogies. --G. S. Faber.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
discrepancy
n 1: a difference between conflicting facts or claims or
opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion" [syn: {disagreement},
{divergence}, {variance}]
2: an event that departs from expectations [syn: {variance}, {variant}]
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