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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
discrepancy /dɪsˈkrɛp(ə)nsi/

▶noun (pl. discrepancies) a difference or lack of compatibility between two or more facts that should be similar.

– derivatives
discrepant adjective.

– origin C17: from L. discrepantia, from discrepare ‘be discordant’.

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