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Controversy vs Discrepancy - What's the difference?

controversy | discrepancy |

As nouns the difference between controversy and discrepancy

is that controversy is a debate, discussion of opposing opinions; strife while discrepancy is an inconsistency between facts or sentiments.

controversy

English

(wikipedia controversy)

Noun

(controversies)
  • A debate, discussion of opposing opinions; strife.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The game was engulfed in controversy when Rodwell appeared to win the ball cleanly in a midfield challenge with Suarez. The tackle drew an angry response from Liverpool's players- Lucas in particular as Suarez writhed in agony - but it was an obvious injustice when the England Under-21 midfielder was shown the red card.}}

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * controversial

    Related terms

    * controversialist * controvert * controverter * controvertible

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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