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Noun.

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pl.

-ances

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-ancies

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[L.

disrepantia

: cf. OF.

discrepance

. See

The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety.

There hath been ever a

discrepance

of vesture of youth and age, men and women.

Sir T. Elyot.

There is no real

discrepancy

between these two genealogies.

G. S. Faber.

, DISCREPANCY,

Noun.

[L., to give a different sound, to vary, to jar; to creak. See Crepitate.] Difference; disagreement; contrariety; applicable to facts or opinions.

There is no real discrepancy between these tow genealogies.