Discrepancy — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

an event that departs from expectations

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dɹˈæpɚɹəs/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪskɹˈɛpənsi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪskɹˈɛpənsi/

4 syllables Say it as /dɹˈæpɚɹəs/.

Examples

a growing divergence of opinion

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

variant disagreement divergence variance

Parts of Speech

noun	a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions “a growing divergence of opinion”
noun	an event that departs from expectations

Word Forms

discrepant	adjective	not compatible with other facts
divergent	adjective	diverging from another or from a standard
variant	adjective	differing from a norm or standard
vary	verb	be at variance with; be out of line with

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Diskrepanz

ein Unterschied zwischen widersprüchlichen Tatsachen, Behauptungen oder Meinungen

🇫🇷French

divergence

une différence entre des faits, des affirmations ou des opinions contradictoires

🇪🇸Spanish

discrepancia

una diferencia entre hechos, afirmaciones u opiniones contradictorias

🇮🇹Italian

discrepanza

una differenza tra fatti, affermazioni o opinioni contrastanti

🇳🇱Dutch

verschil

een verschil tussen tegenstrijdige feiten of beweringen of meningen

🇵🇹Portuguese

discrepância

uma diferença entre fatos, reivindicações ou opiniões conflitantes

🇷🇺Russian

несоответствие

разница между противоречивыми фактами, утверждениями или мнениями

India

🇮🇳Hindi

विसंगति

परस्पर विरोधी तथ्यों या दावों या राय के बीच अंतर

🇧🇩Bengali

অসঙ্গতি

পরস্পরবিরোধী তথ্য বা দাবি বা মতামতের মধ্যে পার্থক্য

🇮🇳Tamil

முரண்பாடு

முரண்பட்ட உண்மைகள் அல்லது கூற்றுகள் அல்லது கருத்துக்களுக்கு இடையே உள்ள வேறுபாடு

🇮🇳Telugu

వైరుధ్యం

విరుద్ధమైన వాస్తవాలు లేదా దావాలు లేదా అభిప్రాయాల మధ్య వ్యత్యాసం

🇮🇳Marathi

विसंगती

परस्परविरोधी तथ्ये किंवा दावे किंवा मतांमधील फरक

🇮🇳Gujarati

વિસંગતતા

વિરોધાભાસી હકીકતો અથવા દાવાઓ અથવા અભિપ્રાયો વચ્ચેનો તફાવત

🇮🇳Kannada

ವ್ಯತ್ಯಾಸ

ಸಂಘರ್ಷದ ಸಂಗತಿಗಳು ಅಥವಾ ಹಕ್ಕುಗಳು ಅಥವಾ ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯಗಳ ನಡುವಿನ ವ್ಯತ್ಯಾಸ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പൊരുത്തക്കേട്

വൈരുദ്ധ്യമുള്ള വസ്തുതകൾ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ അവകാശവാദങ്ങൾ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ അഭിപ്രായങ്ങൾ തമ്മിലുള്ള വ്യത്യാസം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅੰਤਰ

ਵਿਰੋਧੀ ਤੱਥਾਂ ਜਾਂ ਦਾਅਵਿਆਂ ਜਾਂ ਵਿਚਾਰਾਂ ਵਿਚਕਾਰ ਅੰਤਰ

🇵🇰Urdu

تضاد

متضاد حقائق یا دعووں یا آراء کے درمیان فرق

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

差异

相互矛盾的事实、主张或观点之间的差异

🇯🇵Japanese

不一致

矛盾する事実、主張、意見の間の相違

🇰🇷Korean

모순

상충되는 사실이나 주장, 의견 사이의 차이

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự khác biệt

sự khác biệt giữa các sự kiện hoặc tuyên bố hoặc ý kiến mâu thuẫn nhau

🇹🇭Thai

ความคลาดเคลื่อน

ความแตกต่างระหว่างข้อเท็จจริงที่ขัดแย้งกันหรือการกล่าวอ้างหรือความคิดเห็น

🇮🇩Indonesian

perbedaan

perbedaan antara fakta, klaim, atau opini yang bertentangan

🇵🇭Filipino

pagkakaiba

isang pagkakaiba sa pagitan ng magkasalungat na katotohanan o pag-aangkin o opinyon

🇲🇾Malay

percanggahan

perbezaan antara fakta atau dakwaan atau pendapat yang bercanggah

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تناقض

الفرق بين الحقائق المتضاربة أو الادعاءات أو الآراء

🇮🇷Persian

اختلاف

تفاوت بین حقایق یا ادعاها یا نظرات متضاد

🇹🇷Turkish

tutarsızlık

çelişen gerçekler veya iddialar veya görüşler arasındaki fark

🇮🇱Hebrew

אִי הַתְאָמָה

הבדל בין עובדות או טענות או דעות סותרות

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In which domain is the word 'discrepancy' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

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