discrepant

discrepancy | American Dictionary

discrepancy
noun[ C ]
us/dɪˈskrep·ən·si/
an unexpected difference, esp. in two amounts or two sets of facts or conditions, which suggests that something is wrong and has to be explained:
There were troubling discrepancies between his public and private opinions on how to balance the budget.

discrepancy | Business English

discrepancy
noun[ C or U ]
uk /dɪˈskrepənsi/uspluraldiscrepancies
a difference between two figures, results, etc. that are expected to be the same:
A balance sheet review uncovered discrepancies totalling €30 million.
Shareholders questioned the discrepancy between pay figures in the trust's annual report and those shown in the accounts.
Employers will have 90 days to resolve discrepancies in their records.
a huge/growing/wide discrepancy
account for/explain a discrepancyAn official spokesman refused to explain the discrepancy.

Examples of discrepancy

discrepancy
No discrepancy in the ability to define anatomic structure was encountered for the body or outflow regions of the right ventricle.
This apparent discrepancy actually makes sense under the view that both experiments capture opposite sides of children's understanding of indirect requests.
However, on the other hand, certifying that a random k-tuple system has low discrepancy seems to be an algorithmic challenge.
The basis for this discrepancy is unclear, and intriguing.
Although the reason for these discrepancies is unclear, it might be caused by the extensive use of transfected cells overexpressing membrane proteins.
The discrepancy between apparent need and service provision is currently covered by family and spousal support and by voluntary services.
The commission's own comparison of redemption values and current land prices revealed a large discrepancy.
Finding discrepancies between oral traditions and other sources does not negate the value of oral traditions as historical evidence.
This discrepancy in the inhibitory effect on excystment may be due to differences in the permeability of the cyst wall.
The usage of different dosages and inoculation routes may explain this discrepancy.
Such discrepancies in emphasis could have been conditioned by differing language skills.
Given the large discrepancies and absence of a comprehensive analysis, neither trends nor definitive conclusions can be drawn in any country.
Since much of what follows depends on counting individual discrepancies, we should be explicit about how we have individuated discrepancies in our sample.
On the other hand, where identical discrepancies occur in the analysis of separate instances of identical wording, each instance is counted separately.
The somewhat larger discrepancy observed in the case of run 24 is possibly due to the intermittency effect mentioned earlier.
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Collocations withdiscrepancy

discrepancy

These are words often used in combination with discrepancy.

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apparent discrepancy
This does not resolve the apparentdiscrepancy between children's polynomy and mutual exclusivity.
huge discrepancy
Thus, the direction of the occupational income gap change over time agrees with the data, but there is a hugediscrepancy in orders of magnitudes.
large discrepancy
During middle age, however, there is a largediscrepancy.
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