1. a difference between things that should be the same or similar; an inconsistency

Examples

• There was a discrepancy between the two witness accounts of the accident.
• The audit revealed several discrepancies in the financial records.
• We need to investigate the discrepancy between the expected and actual results.
• The teacher noticed a discrepancy between the student’s test scores and homework grades.
• There’s a significant discrepancy in the data from the two surveys.
• The discrepancy in their stories made the detective suspicious.