discrepancy vs divergence

discrepancy and divergence both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
discrepancy	Yes	No	No	No
divergence	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, discrepancy and divergence are synonyms defined as:

discrepancy and divergence: a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

Other synonyms of discrepancy include disagreement, variance.

As nouns, divergence is a hypernym of discrepancy; that is, divergence is a word with a broader meaning than discrepancy:

Other hypernyms of discrepancy include departure, deviation, difference.

discrepancy (noun)	divergence (noun)
a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions	the act of moving away in different direction from a common point
an event that departs from expectations	a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
	an infinite series that has no limit
	a variation that deviates from the standard or norm