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discrepancy |
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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