the state or quality of being discrepant or in disagreement, as by displaying an unexpected or unacceptable difference; inconsistency: The discrepancy between the evidence and his account of what happened led to his arrest.
an instance of difference or inconsistency: There are certain discrepancies between the two versions of the story.
Also dis·crep·ance .
Origin of discrepancy
1615–25; <Latin discrepantia, equivalent to discrepant- (see discrepant) + -ia;see -ancy
A buyer, of course, can walk away if the appraisal reveals a massive discrepancy.
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The discrepancy can be chalked up to a decline in the average selling price of the products.
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There’s going to be discrepancies if you deal with 100 of something.
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The PPP loan program, however, has faced discrepancies in how loans were allocated across race and gender.
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Those additional terms are expected to be too small to account for the discrepancy.
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By no means does this discrepancy indicate that Barnard is necessarily safer for women.
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But there is a discrepancy in the way masturbation is discussed in regards to men and women.
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He claims in his complaint that the agency never clarified the discrepancy nor did it pay Shanklin the $35,000.
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The discrepancy in these figures is not for lack of fighting.
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But there was a discrepancy between the entry in his log and that in the log of the engineer.
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This discrepancy is not, like many other Bible discrepancies, an unintentional error.
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When the machine is moved through the air, as in gliding, the discrepancy seems much less marked.
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Where it has not, the discrepancy between old and new is usually unmistakable.
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British Dictionary definitions for discrepancy
discrepancy
/ (dɪˈskrɛpənsɪ) /
nounplural-cies
a conflict or variation, as between facts, figures, or claims
usage for discrepancy
Discrepancy is sometimes wrongly used where disparity is meant. A discrepancy exists between things which ought to be the same; it can be small but is usually significant. A disparity is a large difference between measurable things such as age, rank, or wages