discrepance

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A group of strata having the same general lithological characters throughout may be marked by a great discrepance between the fossils above and below a certain line.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various

Nay, speech can Make a shrewd discrepance 'twixt man and man.

From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Cooke, Maud C.

The causes of the difference of our species have been the subject of as great a discrepance in opinion.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

One day I shall know the value and law of this discrepance.

From Essays — Second Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Uses: Separation of compound or general ideas into those that are elementary or more simple; knowledge of characteristic differences and discrepance.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 346, December 13, 1828 by Various