English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search

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English

Pronunciation
IPA|/dɪs�kr�p�nsi/ (RP)
audio|en-us-discrepancy.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun|discrepanc|ies

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.

1. The state or quality of being discrepant.

Quotations
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1800s=1841 1873 1889|
1900s=1911 1923 1946 1978 1980
1841 � w:Edgar Allan Poe|Edgar Allan Poe, s:Three Sundays in a Week|Three Sundays in a Week
:The fact is, some trivial discrepancy did exist, just then, between what I said and what I had not the courage to say�between what I did and what I had half a mind to do.
1873 � w:James Clerk Maxwell|James Clerk Maxwell, s:A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism|A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, Preface
:I was aware that there was supposed to be a difference between Faraday's way of conceiving phenomena and that of the mathematicians, so that neither he nor they were satisfied with each other's language. I had also the conviction that this discrepancy did not arise from either party being wrong
1889 � w:Mark Twain|Mark Twain, s:A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court|A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Ch XXVIII

1911 � w:Algernon Blackwood|Algernon Blackwood, s:The Centaur|The Centaur, XXX
:The discrepancies--the omissions in his written account especially--were simply due, I feel, to the fact that his skill in words was not equal to the depth and brilliance of the emotions that he experienced.
1923 � w:H. P. Lovecraft|H. P. Lovecraft, s:The Horror at Martin's Beach|The Horror at Martin's Beach

1946 � w:Paramahansa Yogananda|Paramahansa Yogananda, s:Autobiography of a Yogi|Autobiography of a Yogi, Ch 44

1978 � s:Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy|Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy, Art XIV
:We deny that alleged errors and discrepancies that have not yet been resolved violate the truth claims of the Bible.
1980 � w:NASA|NASA/w:ASEE|ASEE, s:Advanced Automation for Space Missions|Advanced Automation for Space Missions, Ch 5.2
:A machine can compare the stored description of itself with the description obtained by inspection, and note the discrepancies.

Synonyms
(inconsistency): conflict, contrariety, deviation, difference, disagreement, disparity, divergence, incompatibility, inconsistency, mismatch, variance, variation, dissimilarity, anomaly
(discrepant state): discordance, anomalous

Translations
trans-top|inconsistency
Dutch: discrepantie f
Finnish: epäjohdonmukaisuus, eroavuus
German: Diskrepanz f
Greek: t|el|α��μ��νία|f
Kurdish: t|ku|nakokî f, t|ku|nelihevî f, t|ku|newekhevî f
Russian: �а��ождение (rashoždénie) n, �азногла�ие (raznoglásie) n
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Slovak: diskrepancia f, rozpor m, nezrovnalosť f
Swedish: diskrepans c
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trans-top|discrepant state
Dutch: discrepantie f
Kurdish: t|ku|nakokî f, t|ku|nelihevî f, t|ku|newekhevî f
trans-mid
Russian: �азли�ие (razlí�ie) n, не�оо�ве���вие (nesootvétstvie) n
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