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DISCREPANCY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

Example:

a growing divergence of opinion

Synonyms:

disagreement; discrepancy; divergence; variance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("discrepancy" is a kind of...):

difference (the quality of being unlike or dissimilar)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "discrepancy"):

allowance; leeway; margin; tolerance (a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits)

Derivation:

discrepant (not in accord)

discrepant (not in agreement)

discrepant (not compatible with other facts)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An event that departs from expectations

Synonyms:

discrepancy; variance; variant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("discrepancy" is a kind of...):

departure; deviation; difference; divergence (a variation that deviates from the standard or norm)

Derivation:

discrepant (not in accord)

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