different between countervailing vs discrepant

English

Verb

countervailing

1. present participle of countervail

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?