the.com/discrepancy
The gap between what should match and what refuses to.
means A lack of agreement between two things that are supposed to be the same, like a bill and a receipt, or a story told twice.
from From Latin discrepare, 'to sound discordant' — dis- (apart) plus crepare (to rattle, creak, or crack). The Romans used it for clashing noises, voices that wouldn't harmonize; English borrowed it in the 1600s for facts and figures that likewise refuse to sing in tune.
- origin
- Latin discrepare, to sound discordant
- accounting use
- the line auditors live for
- not a lie
- just two truths that disagree