discrepancy in vs discrepancy between

Both 'discrepancy in' and 'discrepancy between' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Discrepancy in' is used when referring to a difference or inconsistency within a single entity or group, while 'discrepancy between' is used when comparing two or more entities or groups.

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discrepancy in

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'discrepancy in' when referring to a difference or inconsistency within a single entity or group.

Examples:

There is a discrepancy in the financial records.
A discrepancy in the data was discovered during the audit.

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A propane check serves as a CVS verification to determine if there is a discrepancy in measured values of diluted exhaust flow.
There is, however, some discrepancy in the price of the Nedre Romerike contract reflected in the report and the price submitted by the Norwegian authorities.
If the automated checks referred to in paragraph 1 identify a discrepancy in a process, the Central Administrator shall immediately inform the registry administrator or administrators concerned by returning an automated response code.
If the UNFCCC independent transaction log, following an automated check, informs the registry administrator or administrators concerned of a discrepancy in a process, the registry administrator of the initiating registry shall terminate the process and inform the UNFCCC independent transaction log thereof.
When asked for an explanation of this discrepancy in prices, the management responded that Bulgarian citizens are given a 50 % discount on the prices which citizens of all other countries pay.
What action does the Commission intend to propose as a means of removing this discrepancy in the criteria used?
This necessarily creates a significant discrepancy in the way in which Parliament deals with human rights issues in the current Member States (covered by a single report) and in the applicant countries (to be found in different sections of 10 country reports).
Nevertheless, your rapporteur is a bit cautious in the face of this discrepancy in figures between PDAB 11 and the latest payment claims of the Member States and hopes that the difference will not have to be financed eventually by way of an amending budget in 2005.
If the ITL, following an automated check, informs the registry administrator or administrators of a discrepancy in a process initiated by them, the registry administrator of the initiating registry shall terminate the process and inform the ITL thereof.
This discrepancy in quantities reported by Eurostat and by the cooperating producers could also correspond to a customs misdeclaration of the product concerned.
In addition, a discrepancy in connection with the Maastricht criteria needs to be clarified.
There is a major discrepancy in the Community regulatory framework concerning payment deadlines.
First, there exists a huge and unjust discrepancy in wealth distribution.
There's a slight discrepancy in the base-pair sequence.
Trish has the ledger with the discrepancy in it.
There's a discrepancy in weight distribution between the left and right sides.
And so did Medina when he discovered the discrepancy in the carbon dating.
Alethea's my second wife, hence the discrepancy in our ages.
There's a small discrepancy in inventory at the factory.
We found a discrepancy in your medical records.

Alternatives:

discrepancy within
discrepancy inside

discrepancy between

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'discrepancy between' when comparing two or more entities or groups.