different between conflicting vs discrepant

English

Adjective

conflicting (comparative more conflicting, superlative most conflicting)

1. fighting; contending; in conflict
2. Being in opposition; contrary; contradictory.
   • 1999, Herre van Oostendorp, Susan R. Goldman, The construction of mental representations during reading

     On the other hand, the more effective the current activation vector is in reactivating the conflicting information, the more likely the two conflicting pieces of information are to be coactivated.

Derived terms

• conflictingly

Translations

Verb

conflicting

1. present participle of conflict

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “conflicting”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language

English

Etymology

From Latin discrep?ns, present participle of discrep? (“to differ in sound, differ, disagree”), from dis- (“apart”) + crep? (“to make a noise, crackle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?sk??p?nt/, /d??sk??p?nt/

Adjective

discrepant (comparative more discrepant, superlative most discrepant)

1. Showing difference; inconsistent, dissimilar.
   • 1671, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe, Chapter 4:

     The Egyptians were doubtless the most singular of all the Pagans, and the most oddly discrepant from the rest in their manner of worship; yet nevertheless, that these also agreed with the rest in those fundamentals of worshipping one supreme and universal Numen […]

   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 29:

     But the term ‘godlike’ […] becomes exceedingly vague, for many gods have flourished in religious history, and their attributes have been discrepant enough.

Synonyms

• inconsistent
• incompatible
• at variance

Related terms

• discrepancy

Translations

Noun

discrepant (plural discrepants)

1. (archaic) A dissident.
   • 1646, Jeremy Taylor, A Discourse of the Liberty of Prophesying

     If you persecute heretics or discrepants, they unite themselves as to a common defence […]

Further reading

• discrepant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• discrepant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• discrepant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• predicants

Latin

Verb

discrepant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of discrep?