{ } n.; pl. -ances -ancies [ L. disrepantia: cf. OF. discrepance. See Discrepant. ] The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety. [ 1913 Webster ]

There hath been ever a discrepance of vesture of youth and age, men and women. Sir T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is no real discrepancy between these two genealogies. G. S. Faber. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flippancy

n.[ See Flippant. ] The state or quality of being flippant. [ 1913 Webster ]

This flippancy of language. Bp. Hurd. [ 1913 Webster ]

Occupancy

n. [ See Occupant. ] 1. The act of taking or holding possession, especially of real property or rental property; possession; occupation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state or condition of being occupied; as, occupancy by more than 250 people is dangerous and unlawful. [ PJC ]

3. The period of time during which one occupies a property. [ PJC ]

Title by occupancy (Law), a right of property acquired by taking the first possession of a thing, or possession of a thing which belonged to nobody, and appropriating it. Blackstone. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

pancy

n. See pansy. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Preoccupancy

n. [ See Preoccupate. ] The act or right of taking possession before another; as, the preoccupancy of wild land. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rampancy

n. The quality or state of being rampant; excessive action or development; exuberance; extravagance. “They are come to this height and rampancy of vice.” South. [ 1913 Webster ]

WordNet (3.0) WordNet (3.0)

discrepancy

(n) a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions, Syn. divergence, disagreement, variance, Example:a growing divergence of opinion

discrepancy

(n) an event that departs from expectations, Syn. variant, variance

flippancy

(n) inappropriate levity, Syn. light-mindedness, Example:her mood changed and she was all lightness and joy

hospital occupancy

(n) occupancy rate for hospitals

hotel occupancy

(n) occupancy rate for hotels

occupancy

(n) an act of being a tenant or occupant, Syn. tenancy

occupancy rate

(n) the percentage of all rental units (as in hotels) are occupied or rented at a given time

pancytopenia

(n) an abnormal deficiency in all blood cells (red blood cells and white blood cells and platelets); usually associated with bone marrow tumor or with aplastic anemia

preoccupancy

(n) the act of taking occupancy before someone else does, Syn. preoccupation

fanconi's anemia

(n) a rare congenital anemia characterized by pancytopenia and hypoplasia of the bone marrow, Syn. Fanconi's anaemia, congenital pancytopenia

occupation

(n) the act of occupying or taking possession of a building, Syn. moving in, occupancy, Example:occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal

preoccupation

(n) the mental state of being preoccupied by something, Syn. engrossment, absorption, preoccupancy

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

差

[差, chā] difference; discrepancy; to differ; error; to err; to make a mistake #938

差异

[差异 / 差異, chā yì] difference; discrepancy #2002

不爽

[不爽, bù shuǎng] not well; out of sorts; in a bad mood; without discrepancy; accurate #7073

出入

[出入, chū rù] to go out and come in; entrance and exit; expenditure and income; discrepancy; inconsistent #9613

差额

[差额 / 差額, chā é] balance (financial); discrepancy (in a sum or quota); difference #14747

失之毫厘，谬以千里

[失之毫厘，谬以千里 / 失之毫厘，謬以千里, shī zhī háo lí, miù yǐ qiān lǐ] a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (成语 saw); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses

失之毫厘，差之千里

[失之毫厘，差之千里 / 失之毫釐，差之千里, shī zhī háo lí, chà zhī qiān lǐ] a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (成语 saw); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses

失之毫厘，差以千里

[失之毫厘，差以千里 / 失之毫釐，差以千里, shī zhī háo lí, chà yǐ qiān lǐ] a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (成语 saw); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses

折秤

[折秤, shé chèng] discrepancy in weight

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

違い

[ちがい, chigai] (n, n-suf) difference; discrepancy; (P) #1547

駐屯

[ちゅうとん, chuuton] (n, vs) stationing (troops); occupancy; (P) #6112

相違(P);相異

[そうい, soui] (n, vs) difference; discrepancy; variation; (P) #7406

断層

[だんそう, dansou] (n) (1) fault; dislocation; (2) gap; discrepancy; (P) #8763

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