Literary notes about Discrepant (AI summary)
In literature, “discrepant” is frequently employed to denote elements or accounts that are in disagreement or appear incongruent. The term may refer to variations in historical chronologies ([1], [2]), conflicting narrative details ([3], [4]), or even opposing ideologies and theoretical perspectives ([5], [6]). Authors use it to underline a lack of harmony—whether in the comparisons of aesthetics ([7]) or the synthesis of scientific measurements ([8], [9])—thereby emphasizing ambiguity and the need for further interpretation ([10], [11]). In this way, “discrepant” enriches textual analysis by marking points of divergence that invite deeper inquiry.
- Their chronologies, though in many respects discrepant, are not incapable of being reduced into an harmony by very probable suppositions.
— from The Plurality of Worlds by William Whewell - Two discrepant accounts are given of Saul's rejection from the kingdom, I Sam.
— from Creed and Deed: A Series of Discourses by Felix Adler - It is hard to say how much history can be extracted from these vague and discrepant stories.
— from Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Eliot, Charles, Sir - Matthew and Luke give discrepant accounts of the genealogy of Jesus.
— from Frauds and Follies of the Fathers A Review of the Worth of Their Testimony to the Four Gospels by J. M. (Joseph Mazzini) Wheeler - These arise when the discrepant claims of different ideals of conduct affect the community as a whole, and the need for readjustment is general.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey - Alone, and facing a new century, with whose ideals his own were utterly, stubbornly, hopelessly discrepant.
— from Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking - But literary estimation is not only discrepant but hostile; some deem them revelation, others rhapsody.
— from William Blake, Painter and Poet by Richard Garnett - Bob looked at the discrepant figures with amazement.
— from The Rules of the Game by Stewart Edward White - If inattentive, one gets very discrepant figures....
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James - As to the origin of the name there are various discrepant presumptions.
— from Bygone London by Frederick Ross - Hence Hindu theology is in a perpetual oscillation illustrated by the discrepant statements found side by side in the Bhagavad-gîtâ and other works.
— from Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
