dĭ-skrĕp'ən-sē
Opposition or contrariness; cross-purposes, marked contrast.
The condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree; difference:
mismatch (related)
An incorrect or mistaken calculation
An error or fault resulting from defective judgment, deficient knowledge, or carelessness.
inconsistency (related)
(Logic) an incompatibility between two propositions that cannot both be true
error (related)
The difference between a computed or estimated result and the actual value, as in mathematics
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Emotional disturbance resulting from a clash of opposing impulses or from an inability to reconcile impulses with realistic or moral considerations
A degree or amount by which things differ:
A disparity; an inconsistency.
A problematic situation resulting from such a disparity:
agreement (antonym)
(Countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
harmony (antonym)
A state of agreement or orderly arrangement according to color, size, shape, etc.
concurrence (antonym)
(Geom.) The point where three or more lines or planes meet
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consistency (antonym)
Agreement with what has already been done or expressed; conformity with previous practice
concordance (antonym)
An alphabetical index of all the words in a text or corpus of texts, showing every contextual occurrence of a word:
parity (antonym)
(Math.) The condition existing between two integers that are both odd or both even
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
The quality of being distinct or unlike; difference.
Lack of resemblance; dissimilarity.
The condition of being different; difference
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(Physiology) A turning of both eyes outward from a common point or of one eye when the other is fixed.
(Uncountable) The state of being divergent
The quality or condition of being unlike.
The quality or state of being incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilableness.
Lack of harmony or agreement
same (related)
Someone or something identical with another:
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agree (related)
A marked lack of correspondence or agreement
(Accounting) The difference between the actual costs of production and the standard or expected costs
discrepency (related)
correlation (related)
anomaly (related)
time lag (related)
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variation (related)
similarity (related)
The definition of a flaw is a mark or error that makes something faulty.
Find another word for discrepancy. In this page you can discover 38 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for discrepancy, like: contrariety, disparity, mismatch, miscalculation, mistake, inconsistency, error, conflict, difference, disagreement and gap.
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