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:
An error or fault resulting from defective judgment, deficient knowledge, or carelessness.
A degree or amount by which things differ:
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.
A failure or refusal to agree.
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
A problematic situation resulting from such a disparity:
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The quality or state of being incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilableness.
Lack of harmony or agreement
(Accounting) The difference between the actual costs of production and the standard or expected costs
An incorrect or mistaken calculation
The definition of a flaw is a mark or error that makes something faulty.
Emotional disturbance resulting from a clash of opposing impulses or from an inability to reconcile impulses with realistic or moral considerations
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(Countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
A state of agreement or orderly arrangement according to color, size, shape, etc.
(Geom.) The point where three or more lines or planes meet
Agreement with what has already been done or expressed; conformity with previous practice
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(Math.) The condition existing between two integers that are both odd or both even
(Logic) an incompatibility between two propositions that cannot both be true
The difference between a computed or estimated result and the actual value, as in mathematics
Someone or something identical with another:
A marked lack of correspondence or agreement
discrepency
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