Discrepancy

Definitions

1. An inconsistency between facts or sentiments.
   countable, uncountable
2. The state or quality of being discrepant.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“They found a discrepancy between the first set⟳ of test⟳ results and the second, and they're still trying to figure⟳ out why.”

“Still, there is pilferage, mysterious discrepancies eating into the percentages.”

“WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, […]. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies.”

CEFR level