discrepancy

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: dis=crep=an=cy

OXFORD DICTIONARY

discrepancy, n. (pl. -ies)
1 difference; failure to correspond; inconsistency.
2 an instance of this.

Derivative

discrepant adj.

Etymology

L discrepare be discordant (as DIS-, crepare creak)

THESAURUS

discrepancy

antagonism, antipathy, antithesis, argumentation, balance, clashing, collision, conflict, confrontation, contradiction, contradistinction, contraindication, contraposition, contrariety, contrast, controversy, counterposition, credit, cross-purposes, deficit, departure, deviation, difference, disaccord, disaccordance, disagreement, disconformity, discongruity, discord, discordance, discordancy, discreteness, disharmony, disparity, dissemblance, dissension, dissent, dissidence, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, dissonance, distinction, distinctness, disunion, disunity, divergence, divergency, diversity, epact, faction, far cry, gap, heterogeneity, hostility, inaccordance, incompatibility, incongruity, inconsistency, inconsonance, inequality, inharmoniousness, inharmony, inimicalness, irreconcilability, jarring, lacuna, mixture, negation, net, nonconformity, odds, oppositeness, opposition, opposure, oppugnance, oppugnancy, otherness, perversity, polarity, remainder, repugnance, separateness, showdown, surplus, unconformity, unharmoniousness, unlikeness, unorthodoxy, variance, variation, variegation, variety

ROGET THESAURUS

discrepancy

Variation

N variation, alteration, modification, moods and tenses, discrepance, discrepancy, divergency, deviation, aberration, innovation, varied, modified, diversified.

Disagreement

N disagreement, discord, discordance, dissonance, dissidence, discrepancy, unconformity, incongruity, incongruence, discongruity, mesalliance, jarring, dissension, conflict, bickering, clashing, misunderstanding, wrangle, disparity, mismatch, disproportion, dissimilitude, inequality, disproportionateness, variance, divergence, repugnance, unfitness, inaptitude, impropriety, inapplicability, inconsistency, inconcinnity, irrelevancy, misjoining, misjoinder, syncretism, intrusion, interference, concordia discors, fish out of water, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, at variance, at war, hostile, antagonistic, repugnant, incompatible, irreconcilable, inconsistent with, unconformable, exceptional, intrusive, incongruous, disproportionate, disproportionated, inharmonious, unharmonious, inconsonant, unconsonant, divergent, repugnant to, inapt, unapt, inappropriate, improper, unsuited, unsuitable, inapplicable, not to the point, unfit, unfitting, unbefitting, unbecoming, illtimed, unseasonable, mal a propos, inadmissible, inapposite, uncongenial, ill-assorted, ill-sorted, mismatched, misjoined, misplaced, misclassified, unaccommodating, irreducible, incommensurable, uncommensurable, unsympathetic, out of character, out of keeping, out of proportion, out of joint, out of tune, out of place, out of season, out of its element, at odds with, at variance with, in defiance, in contempt, in spite of, discordantly, a tort et a travers, asinus ad lyram.