discrepancy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
    divergence; disagreement; variance.
    • a growing divergence of opinion
  2. noun an event that departs from expectations
    variance; variant.

WordNet

Dis*crep"ance, Dis*crep"an*cy noun (Also<
  • Discrepance
  • Discrepancy
)
Etymology
L. disrepantia: cf. OF. discrepance. See Discrepant.
Wordforms
plural -ances -ancies
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913