discrepant

English

Etymology

From Latin discrepāns, present participle of discrepō (“to differ in sound, differ, disagree”), from dis- (“apart”) + crepō (“to make a noise, crackle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪskɹɪpənt/, /dɪˈskɹɛpənt/

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Adjective

discrepant (comparative more discrepant, superlative most discrepant)

1. Showing difference; inconsistent, dissimilar.
   • 1678, R[alph] Cudworth, chapter IV, in The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: […] Richard Royston, […], →OCLC:

     The Egyptians were doubtless the most singular of all the Pagans, and the most oddly discrepant from the rest in their manner of worship; yet nevertheless, that these also agreed with the rest in those fundamentals of worshipping one supreme and universal Numen […]

   • 1902, William James, “Lecture II: Circumscription of the Topic”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 34:

     But the term 'godlike,' […] becomes exceedingly vague, for many gods have flourished in religious history, and their attributes have been discrepant enough.

Synonyms

• inconsistent
• incompatible
• at variance

Derived terms

• discrepantly
• nondiscrepant
• serodiscrepant

 

Related terms

• discrepancy

Translations

inconsistent, dissimilar

• Finnish: epäjohdonmukainen (fi)
• German: diskrepant (de)
• Hungarian: ellentmondó (hu), eltérő (hu)
• Romanian: discrepant (ro)

Noun

discrepant (plural discrepants)

1. (archaic) A dissident.
   • 1646, Jeremy Taylor, A Discourse of the Liberty of Prophesying:

     If you persecute heretics or discrepants, they unite themselves as to a common defence […]

Further reading

• “discrepant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “discrepant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “discrepant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• predicants

Catalan

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin discrepantem, present active participle of discrepō (“to differ in sound, differ, disagree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [dis.kɾəˈpan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [dis.kɾəˈpant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [dis.kɾeˈpant]

Adjective

discrepant m or f (masculine and feminine plural discrepants)

1. differing, divergent

Related terms

• discrepància
• discrepar

Further reading

• “discrepant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology 2

Verb

discrepant

1. gerund of discrepar

Latin

Verb

discrepant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of discrepō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian discrepante.

Adjective

discrepant m or n (feminine singular discrepantă, masculine plural discrepanți, feminine and neuter plural discrepante)

1. discrepant, diverging

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	discrepant		discrepantă		discrepanți	discrepante
	definite	discrepantul		discrepanta		discrepanții	discrepantele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	discrepant		discrepante		discrepanți	discrepante
	definite	discrepantului		discrepantei		discrepanților	discrepantelor