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difference vs discrepancy

discrepancy vs difference

difference and discrepancy both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
difference Yes No No No
discrepancy Yes No No No
As nouns, discrepancy is a hyponym of difference; that is, discrepancy is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than difference:
  • difference: the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
  • discrepancy: a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
Other hyponyms of difference include distinctness, otherness, separateness, differential, differentia, distinction, disagreement, divergence, variance, dissimilarity, unsimilarity, change, variety, inequality, unconstitutionality.
As nouns, discrepancy is a hyponym of difference; that is, discrepancy is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than difference:
  • difference: a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
  • discrepancy: an event that departs from expectations
Other hyponyms of difference include variance, variant, driftage, flection, flexion, inflection.
difference (noun) discrepancy (noun)
the quality of being unlike or dissimilar a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
a disagreement or argument about something important an event that departs from expectations
a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
a significant change
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