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discrepance|ˈdɪskrɪpəns, dɪˈskrɛpəns|
[a. OF. discrepance (Godef.), ad. L. discrepāntia discordance, dissimilarity, f. discrepāre not to harmonize, to differ: see discrepant.]
1. The fact of being discrepant; want of agreement or harmony; disagreement, difference.
c1425Wyntoun Cron. ii. x. 45, I fynd sic discrepance That I am noucht of sufficiance For to gare þame all accorde. 1460J. Capgrave Chron. 54 There was no discrepauns in sentens, ne variauns in wordes. 1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1596) 3/1 We..will search out what discrepance is between them. 1640R. Baillie Canterb. Self-convict. Postscr. 14 Betwixt us and our Prince there is no discrepance. 1804Edin. Rev. V. 66 The only instance of discrepance we have remarked. 1881Nature XXIV. 387 The authors are unable to discover the cause of this discrepance.
†2. Distinction, difference. Obs.
1531Elyot Gov. ii. iii, Ther hath bene euer a discrepance in vesture of youthe and age. a1555Latimer Serm. & Rem. (1845) 337 There is a great discrepance between certain knowledge and clear knowledge. 1572J. Bossewell Armorie 10 Almightie God..euen in the heauens hathe made a discrepance of his heauenly Spirites, giuinge them seuerall names, as Ensignes of honour. c1611Chapman Iliad xi. 442 The discrepance He made in death betwixt the hosts.
†3. Variation, change (of action). Obs. rare.
c1560A. Scott Poems (E.E.T.S.) 35 Continewance in Cupeidis dance, Bot discrepance, withowt remeid. |