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View synonyms for discrepant

discrepant

[ dih-skrep-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. (usually of two or more objects, accounts, findings etc.) differing; disagreeing; inconsistent:

    discrepant accounts.



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Other Words From

  • dis·crepant·ly adverb
  • self-dis·crepant adjective
  • self-dis·crepant·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of discrepant1

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin discrepant- (stem of discrepāns ), present participle of discrepāre to sound discordant, equivalent to dis- dis- 1 + crepāre to crack, creak; -ant

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