Meaning of DISCREPANT
| Pronunciation: | | di'skrepunt
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- [adj] not in accord; "desires at variance with his duty"; "widely discrepant statements"
- [adj] not in agreement
- [adj] not compatible with other facts
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| | Synonyms: | | at variance(p), discordant, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Dis*crep"ant\, a. [L. discrepans, -antis, p. pr. of
discrepare to sound differently or discordantly; dis- +
crepare to rattle, creak: cf. OF. discrepant. See
{Crepitate}.]
Discordant; at variance; disagreeing; contrary; different.
The Egyptians were . . . the most oddly discrepant from
the rest in their manner of worship. --Cudworth.
\Dis*crep"ant\, n.
A dissident. --J. Taylor.
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