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Anomaly vs Discrepancy - What's the difference?

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Discrepancy is a synonym of anomaly.



As nouns the difference between anomaly and discrepancy

is that anomaly is a deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal while discrepancy is an inconsistency between facts or sentiments.

anomaly

English

(wikipedia anomaly)

Noun

(anomalies)
  • A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal.
  • * 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 43
    • This ardent exploration, absorbing all his energy and interest, made him forget for the moment the mystery of his heritage and the anomaly that cut him off from all his fellows.
  • Something or someone that is strange or unusual.
    • He is an anomaly among his friends.
  • (science) Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.
  • (astronomy) Any of various angular distances.
  • (biology) A defect or malformation.
  • (quantum physics) A failure of a classical symmetry due to quantum corrections.
  • (dated) An irregularity or disproportion.

    • Synonyms

    * (deviation from the norm) abnormality, deviance, deviation, exception, inconsistency, irregularity, phenomenon

    Derived terms

    () * anomaloscope * anomalous * eccentric anomaly * flyby anomaly * mean anomaly * true anomaly

    External links

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    discrepancy

    English

    Noun

    (discrepancies)
  • An inconsistency between facts or sentiments.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Gary Younge)
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution , passage=WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, […]. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies.}}
  • The state or quality of being discrepant.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "discrepancy")

    Synonyms

    * (inconsistency) conflict, contrariety, deviation, difference, disagreement, disparity, divergence, incompatibility, inconsistency, mismatch, variance, variation, dissimilarity, anomaly * (discrepant state) discordance, anomalous