Definition of "discrepancy"

discrepancy

/dɪsˈkɹɛpənsi/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural discrepancies
1. An inconsistency between facts or sentiments.
  Quotations
  WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, […]. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies.
  2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18
2. The state or quality of being discrepant.