discrepancy noun

ADJ. glaring, great, huge, large, major, marked, material, serious, substantial, wide | minor, slight, small | apparent

VERB + DISCREPANCY account for, explain How do you explain the apparent discrepancies between the money and the receipts? | find, note, notice, observe, perceive She failed to notice the discrepancy between the name on the cheque and the name on the driving licence. | ignore

DISCREPANCY + VERB exist | arise, occur

PREP. ~ between Discrepancies occurred between the written and electronic records. | ~ in There were wide discrepancies in the evidence.

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