discrepancy

Under discrepancy (from latin discrepantia , mismatch ', disagreement') is generally understood as a mismatch between two matters whose mismatch or inconsistency. This can also refer to what people say and do, for example in relation to two statements or facts .

There is a discrepancy between statements, for example, if two witnesses make different or contradicting statements about the course of a traffic accident .

There is a discrepancy in facts, for example, when a politician acts completely differently after an election than he previously announced or promised. In this context one speaks of a discrepancy between speech and action or claim and reality - "preach water and drink wine" - and thus also of its so-called height of fall.

Discrepancy (math)

In mathematics , discrepancy describes the deviation of a mathematical object from an ideal state, and more generally also the fact that certain ideal states such as evenly distributed point sets or sequences can only be achieved with restrictions. In the theory of uniform distribution modulo 1 , the discrepancy of a sequence is the deviation of the distribution of this sequence from the uniform distribution .

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1. ↑ height of fall, the. In: duden.de .