variance vs discrepancy

variance and discrepancy both are nouns.

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

As nouns, variance and discrepancy are synonyms defined as:

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

Other synonyms of variance include disagreement, divergence.

As nouns, variance and discrepancy are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of variance include variant.

variance (noun)	discrepancy (noun)
an activity that varies from a norm or standard	a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)	an event that departs from expectations
a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
the quality of being subject to variation
the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
discord that splits a group
an event that departs from expectations