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English Dictionary: discrepant by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
discrepant
adj
  1. not compatible with other facts [syn: discrepant, incompatible]
  2. not in agreement
    Synonym(s): discrepant, inconsistent
  3. not in accord; "desires at variance with his duty"; "widely discrepant statements"
    Synonym(s): at variance(p), discrepant, dissonant
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Discrepant \Dis*crep"ant\, n.
      A dissident. --J. Taylor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Discrepant \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.
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