discrepancy
noun
[ dɪsˈkrɛp(ə)nsi ]
• an illogical or surprising lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts.
• "there's a discrepancy between your account and his"
Similar:
inconsistency,
difference,
disparity,
variance,
variation,
deviation,
divergence,
disagreement,
dissimilarity,
dissimilitude,
mismatch,
lack of similarity,
contrariety,
contradictoriness,
disaccord,
discordance,
incongruity,
lack of congruence,
incompatibility,
irreconcilability,
conflict,
opposition,
Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin discrepantia, from discrepare ‘be discordant’, from dis- ‘apart, away’ + crepare ‘to creak’.
