discrepancydi‧screp‧an‧cy /dɪˈskrepənsi/ ●○○ noun (plural discrepancies) [countable, uncountable] 
Police found discrepancies in the two men’s reports.discrepancy between There is a large discrepancy between the ideal image of motherhood and the reality.
WORD ORIGINdiscrepancy
Origin:
1400-1500 Latin discrepare ‘to make unpleasant sounds that do not go together’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Apparently there were discrepancies between police reports taken from the same witnesses at different times.
- She always refused to discuss the discrepancies in her biography.
- Whenever he works out his accounts there are always discrepancies.
- He knew there were discrepancies, messed-up dates.
- Marked also was the apparent increase in the discrepancy between revitalising and deprived areas both between and within North Side neighbourhoods.
- Sound organizational training is designed to remedy a specific performance problem or knowledge discrepancy.
- Truth-telling can help an organization close or eliminate discrepancies between the reality and the perception of its collective performance.
- When the data for census tracts are observed a marked discrepancy can be seen within East Allegheny.
Longman Language Activatorwhen one statement, idea etc makes a different one seem untrue
if one statement or fact contradicts another one, it is so different that it makes the other one seem untrue or impossible: · The two newspaper reports totally contradict each other.· Recent experiments seem to contradict earlier results.· O'Brien's later statement contradicted what he had told Somerville police on the night of the murder.
very different from each other - use this especially when two things should be the same: · At first we received conflicting information about the number of children who were seriously hurt.· Researchers tend to offer conflicting advice on which vitamin and mineral supplements might keep us healthy.
if a statement, story, fact etc is inconsistent with what you expect or already know of the situation, it is completely different from it: · IBM said that the £37 million payment had been made in a way that was inconsistent with company policy.· Wolff, an economics professor at New York University, said that the results were inconsistent with all the other data they had.
a small fact or detail that is different from what you expected, especially one that makes you think that something is wrong: · Whenever he works out his accounts there are always discrepancies.discrepancy between: · Apparently there were discrepancies between police reports taken from the same witnesses at different times.discrepancy in: · She always refused to discuss the discrepancies in her biography.
if something goes against what you think or what someone has told you, it is different from the opinions, attitudes etc that you have learnt: · What the teacher was saying went against everything his parents had taught him.· She couldn't explain what had made her go against her upbringing and character and behave so recklessly.
if a statement, story, fact etc is at odds with another, the two things are so completely different that one of them must be untrue: · John Nelson has been re-examining the evidence, and his conclusions are greatly at odds with the story so far.· The government decision to raise taxes was at odds with their policies on inflation.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Police found discrepancies in the two men’s reports.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
a difference between two amounts, details, reports etc that should be the samediscrepancy in Police found discrepancies in the two men’s reports.· This apparent two-minute discrepancy should not compromise his accuracy, since comparative measurements should not be made using different instruments.· Again, there may be apparent discrepancies between the biblical version of a story and the version in other ancient records.· Several geological factors may explain this apparent discrepancy.· These apparent discrepancies in visual behaviour can easily be misunderstood.· This apparent discrepancy can be explained in a number of ways.· Here again there is an apparent discrepancy between the strength of the stimuli we use and the magnitude of the effect.· Jarrow and Rudd have advanced two tentative explanations of these apparent discrepancies: 1.· What is the explanation for this apparent discrepancy?
VERB· This might explain why discrepancies have emerged between patient records and stored embryos.· This explains the discrepancies in the figures, which were collected by private commercial research companies.· Several reasons have been proposed to explain some of this discrepancy.· Several geological factors may explain this apparent discrepancy.· The different target cells and the assay systems used might explain the discrepancy.· One story filed by two People's Daily reporters sought to explain the discrepancies in official reporting.· Davis was not able to explain the discrepancy between the two zircon ages.
Police found discrepancies in the two men’s reports.discrepancy between There is a large discrepancy between the ideal image of motherhood and the reality.