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Discrepant

//ˈdɪskɹɪpənt// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Showing difference; inconsistent, dissimilar. formal

    "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 […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    not in accord wordnet
  2. 2
    not in agreement wordnet
  3. 3
    not compatible with other facts wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A dissident. archaic, formal

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin discrepāns, present participle of discrepō (“to differ in sound, differ, disagree”), from dis- (“apart”) + crepō (“to make a noise, crackle”).

Etymology 2

From Latin discrepāns, present participle of discrepō (“to differ in sound, differ, disagree”), from dis- (“apart”) + crepō (“to make a noise, crackle”).

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