Differences or inconsistencies between things that should be the same or similar. Variations or contradictions that indicate error or disagreement.
From Latin 'discrepantia' from 'discrepare' (to sound differently, disagree) combining 'dis-' (apart) and 'crepare' (to rattle, crack). The word entered English in the 15th century, maintaining its Latin meaning of things that 'sound apart' or don't harmonize.
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