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Discrepance vs Variance - What's the difference?

discrepance | variance |

As nouns the difference between discrepance and variance

is that discrepance is while variance is the act of varying or the state of being variable.

discrepance

English

Noun

(en noun)
    • There hath been ever a discrepance of vesture of youth and age, men and women. — Sir T. Elyot.
    (Webster 1913)

    variance

    English

    Alternative forms

    * variaunce * var

    Noun

    (wikipedia variance) (en noun)
  • The act of varying or the state of being variable
  • A difference between what is expected and what happens
  • The state of differing or being in conflict
  • A discrepancy, especially between two legal documents
  • (senseid)(statistics) The second central moment in probability
  • (computing, programming) covariance and contravariance generally