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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions;
- Example: "a growing divergence of opinion"
[syn: discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance]

2. an event that departs from expectations;
[syn: discrepancy, variance, variant]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Discrepance \Dis*crep"ance\ (?; 277), Discrepancy
\Dis*crep"an*cy\, n.; pl. -ances, -ancies. [L. disrepantia:
   cf. OF. discrepance. See Discrepant.]
   The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement;
   variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety.
   [1913 Webster]

         There hath been ever a discrepance of vesture of youth
         and age, men and women.                  --Sir T.
                                                  Elyot.
   [1913 Webster]

         There is no real discrepancy between these two
         genealogies.                             --G. S. Faber.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

discrepancy
    n 1: a difference between conflicting facts or claims or
         opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion" [syn:
         discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance]
    2: an event that departs from expectations [syn: discrepancy,
       variance, variant]