🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

discrepancia

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dis.kɾeˈpan.sja

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Discrepancy/dɪsˈkrɛp.ən.si/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La discrepancia entre los dos informes generó dudas."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts, figures, or items that should ideally match or agree.

    "Investigators uncovered a significant discrepancy between the reported expenses and the actual receipts."
  2. 2

    A noticeable difference or divergence in character, quality, or condition between comparable entities.

    "The wage discrepancy across different departments sparked widespread employee dissatisfaction."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'discrepantia', stemming from the verb 'discrepare' (meaning 'to sound discordant' or 'to be out of tune'), formed from 'dis-' (apart) and 'crepare' (to rattle or crack). Entering English in the late 16th century, the term shifted from acoustic dissonance to structural and factual divergence between two things that should correspond.

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