DISCREPANCY


Meaning of DISCREPANCY in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ big , glaring , great , huge , large , major , marked , material ( law , esp. BrE ), serious , significant , substantial , wide

the glaring ~ between the crime and the punishment

▪ minor , slight , small

▪ apparent

VERB + DISCREPANCY

▪ account for , explain

How do you explain the apparent discrepancies between the money and the receipts?

▪ discover , find , note , notice , observe

She failed to notice the ~ between the name on the letter and the name on the passport.

▪ point out

▪ reveal , show

▪ ignore

▪ reconcile , resolve

DISCREPANCY + VERB

▪ exist

▪ arise , occur

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ between

Discrepancies occurred between the written and electronic records.

▪ ~ in

There were wide discrepancies in the evidence.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .