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Webster 1913 Edition


Discrepancy

{

Dis-crep′ance

(?; 277)
,

Dis-crep′an-cy

, }
Noun.
;
pl.
-ances
(#)
,
-ancies
(#)
.
[L.
disrepantia
: cf. OF.
discrepance
. See
Discrepant
.]
The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety.
There hath been ever a
discrepance
of vesture of youth and age, men and women.
Sir T. Elyot.
There is no real
discrepancy
between these two genealogies.
G. S. Faber.

Webster 1828 Edition


Discrepancy

DISCREPANCE

, DISCREPANCY,
Noun.
[L., to give a different sound, to vary, to jar; to creak. See Crepitate.] Difference; disagreement; contrariety; applicable to facts or opinions.
There is no real discrepancy between these tow genealogies.