discrepance

Example Sentences

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

From Essays — Second Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

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)

Excepting the General's most flimsy attempt at mystification, in regard to a discrepance between Talbott and myself, he has not denied a single statement that I made in my hand-bill.

From The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 1: 1832-1843 by Lincoln, Abraham

Nay, God knows it is not so, and this will not explain the apparent discrepance.

From For the Right by Franzos, Karl Emil