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dis⋅crep⋅ant

  [di-skrep-uhnt]
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–adjective
(usually of two or more objects, accounts, findings etc.) differing; disagreeing; inconsistent: discrepant accounts.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L discrepant- (s. of discrepāns), prp. of discrepāre to sound discordant, equiv. to dis- dis- 1 + crepāre to crack, creak; see -ant

Related forms:
dis⋅crep⋅ant⋅ly, adverb
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dis·crep·ant   (dĭ-skrěp'ənt)   
adj.  Marked by discrepancy; disagreeing.

[Middle English discrepaunt, from Latin discrepāns, discrepant-, present participle of discrepāre, to disagree : dis-, apart; see dis- + crepāre, to rattle.]
dis·crep'ant·ly adv.
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Discrepant

Dis*crep"ant\, a. [L. discrepans, -antis, p. pr. of discrepare to sound differently or discordantly; dis- + crepare to rattle, creak: cf. OF. discrepant. See Crepitate.] Discordant; at variance; disagreeing; contrary; different.

The Egyptians were . . . the most oddly discrepant from the rest in their manner of worship. --Cudworth.

Discrepant

Dis*crep"ant\, n. A dissident. --J. Taylor.
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