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Disagreement vs Discrepancy - What's the difference?

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Discrepancy is a synonym of disagreement.



As nouns the difference between disagreement and discrepancy

is that disagreement is an argument or debate while discrepancy is an inconsistency between facts or sentiments.

disagreement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An argument or debate.
    • They had a bit of a disagreement about what color to paint the bedroom, but they have reached a compromise.
  • A condition of not agreeing or concurring.
    • The theory shows considerable disagreement with the data.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    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