Synonyms:
discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance
Meaning: a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion"
Synonyms:
discrepancy, variance, variant
Meaning: an event that departs from expectations
Usage examples
Was I aware--was I fully aware of the discrepancy between us?
A discrepancy of this unnatural kind gave rise, too frequently, alas! to a life of unhappiness.
This residual discrepancy, when every known cause has been allowed for, amounts to about one hour.
It was easy to get them to agree for a short time, but sooner or later a discrepancy showed itself.
I need hardly say that, although he questioned us closely, he found no discrepancy between our accounts.
This discrepancy, which at the time had seemed to simplify the incident, now turned out to be its most galling complication.
Lucian could not forbear pointing out the discrepancy between Diana's past sentiments and her present actions; but Miss Vrain was quite ready with an excuse.
It was at first thought that this discrepancy must be due to inaccuracies in the older observations, and they were accordingly rejected, and tables prepared for the planet based on the newer and more accurate observations only.
This discrepancy is quite distinct, but still it is very small, and had two objects been in the heavens at once, the actual Uranus and the theoretical Uranus, no unaided eye could possibly have distinguished them or detected that they were other than a single star.
Laplace thought that this fact accounted for the whole of the discrepancy; but recently, in 1853, Professor Adams re-examined the matter, and made a correction in the details of the theory which diminishes its effect by about one-half, leaving the other half to be accounted for in some other way.