discrepancy

/dih-SKREP-un-see/noun

a lack of agreement between facts or figures

A small discrepancy in the ledger unraveled the fraud.
Synonyms
inconsistency, mismatch, variance
Antonyms
agreement, consistency
Memory hook
dis + crepare (rattle): numbers that rattle against each other.

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