discrepancies
Things don't align
Discrepancies are differences between things that should match or agree.
An accountant finds discrepancies between reported and actual figures.
A detective notices discrepancies in witness statements.
The word implies that the mismatch matters—it suggests error, inconsistency, or something requiring explanation: There were significant discrepancies between his two accounts of the evening.
Failures to align
- mismatchesIncompatible pairings
- errorsUnintentional deviations from correctness
- gapsUnfilled spaces between
- inaccuraciesDepartures from correctness
anomalies · deviations · variances · outliers · irregularities · discordances · misalignments · contradictions
Failures to align
- contradictionsLogically incompatible assertions
- plot holesLogical gaps in narratives
Amounts below targets
- overagesQuantities beyond allocated limits
- misstatementsIncorrect or false assertions
- varianceSpread around the mean
- imbalancesLack of proper proportion
irregularities · misallocations · adjustments · write-offs · exceptions
Allowable limits of variation
- margin of errorAllowable deviation from truth
- variationChange from a norm
inconsistencies
Failures to align
- mismatchesIncompatible pairings
- errorsUnintentional deviations from correctness
- gapsUnfilled spaces between
inaccuracies · anomalies · deviations · variances · outliers · irregularities · discordances · misalignments · contradictions · incongruities
inconsistencies
Failures to align
- contradictionsLogically incompatible assertions
- plot holesLogical gaps in narratives
shortfalls
Amounts below targets
- overagesQuantities beyond allocated limits
- misstatementsIncorrect or false assertions
- varianceSpread around the mean
imbalances · irregularities · misallocations · adjustments · write-offs · exceptions
tolerances
Allowable limits of variation
- margin of errorAllowable deviation from truth
- variationChange from a norm
- verificationverification, validation, authentication, certification, proof
- detective wordsclues, evidence, crime, motive, suspect
- accounting termsassets, cash, expenses, equity, retained earnings
- auditsinternal audit, financial audit, external audit, tax audit, forensic audit
- discorddiscord, Discord, dissonance, discordance, dissonant
discrepanciesconsistencies
States of being uniform
agreements · correspondences · matches · alignments · concordances
discrepanciesaccuracies
Degrees of correctness
correctness · precision · exactness · fidelity · trueness
discrepanciesuniformities
Instances of sameness
consistencies · regularities · constancies · steadiness · evenness