Discrepancy 一词源自拉丁语discrepantia（不一致、差异），于15世纪中期进入英语后也是用来表示“差异、不符、不一致、出入”，主要指两个或多个应该相同的事实或事物之间缺乏兼容性或相似性，常用搭配 discrepancy in sth 或 discrepancy between A and B ，

比如：

There is some discrepancy between the two bills.这两份账单之间有些出入。

The dispute culminated last month in a lawsuit against the medical behemoth. But the lawsuit was lost because of discrepancies in the statements of the witnesses.从这个概念出发， discrepancy 也可以进一步用来表示“不相符之处、不一致之处”，比如：上个月这一纠纷在该医疗巨兽被告上法庭时达到了高潮。但由于证人们提供的证词出现多处矛盾，官司败诉了。

Langdon motioned to the glaring discrepancy. "Da Vinci painted the horizon line on the left significantly lower than the right."小说用例

The Da Vinci Code ）。兰登指着这明显的差异说：“达·芬奇将左边的地平线画得明显低于右边的地平线。”出自美国著名作家丹·布朗的悬疑惊悚小说《达芬奇密码》（

disparity: a great difference variance: the fact or quality of being different, divergent, or inconsistent deviation: the action of departing from an established course or accepted standard同近义词