discrepancy

Definition

An inconsistency between facts or sentiments.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin discrepantia, from discrepans, from discrepō, from crepō. By surface analysis, discrepant + -cy. See also discrepant.

Example Sentences

• "They found a discrepancy between the first set of test results and the second, and they're still trying to figure out why."
• "Still, there is pilferage, mysterious discrepancies eating into the percentages."
• "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."