Discrepancy Meaning
/dɪˈskɹɛpənsi/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn inconsistency between facts or sentiments.
nounThe state or quality of being discrepant.
Sentence Examples
There is a discrepancy of 145 dollars in my June credit card statement.
Please report discrepancy in data.
I can't think of an explanation for the discrepancy.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The accountant noticed a ____ between the two financial reports for last quarter.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
There is a ____ of 145 dollars in my June credit card statement.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Latin crepō Latin discrepō Latin discrepāns Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin discrepantiabor. English discrepancy Borrowed from Latin discrepantia, from discrepans, from discrepō, from crepō. By surface analysis, discrepant + -cy. See also discrepant.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Still, there is pilferage, mysterious discrepancies eating into the percentages."
— 1981, John Updike, Rabbit is Rich:
"WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, […]. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies."
— 2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2019, page 18:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The accountant noticed a ____ between the two financial reports for last quarter.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
There is a ____ of 145 dollars in my June credit card statement.