Discrepancy meaning
An example of discrepancy is a bank statement that has a different balance than your own records of the account.
They found a discrepancy between the first set of test results and the second, and they're still trying to figure out why.
Origin of discrepancy
- From Latin discrepantia, from discrepans, from discrepō, from crepō. See also discrepant.
From Wiktionary