Meanings
comparative more discrepant · superlative most discrepant
- formalShowing difference; inconsistent, dissimilar.
But the term 'godlike,' […] becomes exceedingly vague, for many gods have flourished in religious history, and their attributes have been discrepant enough.
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 341 more example
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 […]
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, […], →OCLCSynonyms: inconsistent, incompatible, at variance
plural discrepants
- archaicformalA dissident.
If you persecute heretics or discrepants, they unite themselves as to a common defence […]
1646, Jeremy Taylor, A Discourse of the Liberty of Prophesying
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveShowing difference; inconsistent, dissimilar.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot compatible with other facts
adjectivenot in agreement
adjectivenot in accord
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Latincrepō
- Latindiscrepō
- Latindiscrepāns
- Englishdiscrepant
From Latin discrepāns, present participle of discrepō (“to differ in sound, differ, disagree”), from dis- (“apart”) + crepō (“to make a noise, crackle”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish epäjohdonmukainen
- epäjohdonmukaineninconsistent, dissimilar
German diskrepant
- diskrepantinconsistent, dissimilar
Hungarian ellentmondó, eltérő
- ellentmondóinconsistent, dissimilar
- eltérőinconsistent, dissimilar
Romanian discrepant
- discrepantinconsistent, dissimilar
Cite this entry
discrepant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discrepant
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