discrepant[adjective]Synonyms: inconsonant, conflicting, disconsonant, discordant, dissonant, incompatible, incongruent, incongruous, inconsistent, unmixable
Contrasted words: agreeing, conforming, corresponding, jibing, squaring, tallying, alike, identical, like, parallel, similar, uniform
Related Words: different,
disparate,
divergent,
diverse,
disagreeing,
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discrepant adjective.
[dɪs'krɛp(ǝ)nt] LME.[Latin discrepant- pres. ppl stem of discrepare be discordant, formed as DIS- 1 + crepare to creak: see -ANT1.]1. Exhibiting difference, dissimilarity, or lack of agreement; discordant, inconsistent. (Foll. by
from,
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LME.■ A. Storr Basic social assumptions may be so widely discrepant that communication becomes impossible.2. Apart or separate in space.
rare.
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