On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Discrepancy. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as divergence or variance and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Discrepancy in a sentence
Discrepancy meaning
- An inconsistency between facts or sentiments.
- The state or quality of being discrepant.
Synonyms of Discrepancy
Using Discrepancy
- The main meaning on this page is: An inconsistency between facts or sentiments. | The state or quality of being discrepant.
- Useful related words include: divergence, variance, difference, disagreement.
- In the example corpus, discrepancy often appears in combinations such as: the discrepancy, discrepancy between, discrepancy in.
Context around Discrepancy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Discrepancy
- In this selection, "discrepancy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, valuation, huge, thus, bonds and comes stand out and add context to how "discrepancy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a huge discrepancy between the and and a discrepancy in his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "discrepancy" sits close to words such as accountants, admirable and assembling, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with discrepancy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
That discrepancy is something which needs to be seriously looked at. (11 words)
The discrepancy was discovered by the London Metals Exchange last week. (11 words)
Over the past few years, though, the discrepancy in driving distance has become negligible. (14 words)
The large discrepancy between the daily average of shipments and the headline number stems from the fact Korea’s Chuseok holiday fell in the middle of September last year, while it will begin later this month this year, according to Oh. (41 words)
Rather, I'd guess the valuation discrepancy was driven more by investors paying a premium for American stocks as opposed to European ones, especially as the European economy was hit with a number of large negative headline events in 2022. (40 words)
Part of the huge discrepancy comes down to lifestyle, with those looking for a “modest” retirement opting to rule out overseas holidays, eat out at restaurants less often, and spend less on heating and cooling. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Thus, discrepancy of opinion in a wide array of political matters is often directly traceable back to a discrepancy of opinion in the justification for the state.
After an asset quality comps analysis, the investment bank believes Iberdrola and Enel's large valuation discrepancy is not justified.
But when commenters on Instagram asked her about the seeming discrepancy, Bonds had a different explanation.
Emily Gwilliam, who finished with a game-high 11 rebounds for Spanish Fork, was a big reason for the game’s rebound discrepancy.
Ford begins to fit it under current conditions when you consider the discrepancy between its accounting earnings and its owners’ earnings.
For the past few quarters, the discrepancy in these two companies' growth rates was in Coupang's favor.
Gillen declined to comment on the apparent discrepancy between the tenant’s category and actual rent, citing a need for more information on the specific case and an inability to comment on Centennial matters.
However, when DiDi lists on the Hong Kong stock exchange in the future, this discrepancy will be resolved and DiDi has indicated such a plan in the past.
Ian Ousley was born in 2002, making him 19 when Netflix's began filming and the biggest discrepancy between cast and character thus far.
Leslie said there was a “huge discrepancy” between the results for different houses, after wanting everyone to walk away with something.
Loneliness refers to the subjective distress people feel if there is a discrepancy between the quality of social relationships they actually have and what they want.
Over the past few years, though, the discrepancy in driving distance has become negligible.
Part of the huge discrepancy comes down to lifestyle, with those looking for a “modest” retirement opting to rule out overseas holidays, eat out at restaurants less often, and spend less on heating and cooling.
Rather, I'd guess the valuation discrepancy was driven more by investors paying a premium for American stocks as opposed to European ones, especially as the European economy was hit with a number of large negative headline events in 2022.
She stressed the fact the former student couldn't remember exactly where or when the alleged meetup happened, and a discrepancy in his statements about the sexual position the two used.
That discrepancy is something which needs to be seriously looked at.
The Alliance Party lodged an election petition with the High Court in Belfast after election enthusiast alerted the party to the potential discrepancy, the BBC reported.
The discrepancy between what employers think they are offering families and what families feel they are receiving is stark.
The discrepancy was discovered by the London Metals Exchange last week.
The large discrepancy between the daily average of shipments and the headline number stems from the fact Korea’s Chuseok holiday fell in the middle of September last year, while it will begin later this month this year, according to Oh.
Common combinations with discrepancy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the discrepancy 72×
- discrepancy between 48×
- discrepancy in 32×
- this discrepancy 23×
- discrepancy is 12×
- is discrepancy 10×
- discrepancy was 7×
- discrepancy of 6×
- that discrepancy 6×
- huge discrepancy 5×