DISCREPANT


Meaning of DISCREPANT in English

— discrepantly , adv.

/di skrep"euhnt/ , adj.

(usually of two or more objects, accounts, findings etc.) differing; disagreeing; inconsistent: discrepant accounts.

[ 1400-50; late ME discrepant- (s. of discrepans ), prp. of discrepare to sound discordant, equiv. to dis- DIS- 1 + crepare to crack, creak; see -ANT ]

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