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| Main Entry: | inconsistency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discrepancy |
| Synonyms: | deviation, difference, disagreement, disparity, disproportion, dissimilarity, dissonance, divergence, incongruity, inequality, paradox, variance, contrariety, disproportionateness, inconsonance, unlikeness |
| Antonyms: | congruity, consistency, similarity |
| Main Entry: | anomaly |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deviation from normal, usual |
| Synonyms: | aberration, abnormality, departure, deviation, eccentricity, exception, incongruity, inconsistency, irregularity, oddity, peculiarity, rarity, unconformity, unorthodoxy |
| Antonyms: | conformity, normality, regularity, standard, usual, usualness |
| Main Entry: | caprice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden change of behavior |
| Synonyms: | bee*, caper*, crotchet, fad, fancy, freak, gag*, humor, impulse, inconsistency, jerk, kink, mood, notion, peculiarity, put on*, quirk, rib*, temper, thought, vagary, vein, whim, whimsy, changeableness, contrariety, fickleness, fitfulness, fool notion, inconstancy, perversity |
| Antonyms: | constancy, constant, dependability, steadfastness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contradiction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | variance to something |
| Synonyms: | conflict, defiance, denial, difference, disagreement, discrepancy, dispute, dissension, incongruity, inconsistency, negation, opposite, opposition, bucking, confutation, contravention, gainsaying |
| Antonyms: | acceptance, agreement, approval, concession, confirmation, verification, OK, corroboration, reconcilement |
| Main Entry: | contrast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difference |
| Synonyms: | adverse, antithesis, comparison, contradiction, converse, disagreement, disparity, dissimilarity, distinction, divergence, diversity, foil, incompatibility, inconsistency, inequality, inverse, opposition, reverse, variance, variation, contradistinction, contraposition, contrariety, differentiation, dissimilitude, heterogeneity, incongruousness, oppositeness, unlikeness |
| Notes: | compare emphasizes the similarities between or among things, though not losing sight of the differences; contrast emphasizes the differences |
| Antonyms: | agreement, conformity, copy, equality, facsimile, likeness, similarity, uniformity, unity, homogeneousness |
| Main Entry: | deviation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change, departure |
| Synonyms: | aberration, alteration, anomaly, breach, crotch, detour, difference, digression, discrepancy, disparity, divergence, diversion, fluctuation, fork, inconsistency, irregularity, modification, shift, transgression, variance, variation, deflection, hereticism, turning |
| Antonyms: | conformity, sameness, uniformity, straightforwardness |
| Main Entry: | discrepancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conflict, disagreement |
| Synonyms: | difference, disparity, dissimilarity, dissonance, distinction, divergence, error, incongruity, inconsistency, split, variance, variation, alterity, contrariety, discordance, dissemblance, dissimilitude, divergency, far cry, miscalculation, otherness, unlikeness |
| Antonyms: | agreement, concurrence, consistency, harmony, parity, concordance |
| Main Entry: | dissimilarity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unlikeness |
| Synonyms: | contrast, difference, discord, discrepancy, disparity, distance, distinction, divergence, diversity, incongruity, inconsistency, offset, separation, variance, variation, alterity, discordance, dissemblance, dissimilitude, divarication, divergency, heterogeneity, incomparability, inconsonance, nonuniformity, otherness, severance, unrelatedness |
| Antonyms: | compatibility, equality, likeness, sameness, similarity, relatedness |
| Main Entry: | fallacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | illusion, misconception |
| Synonyms: | aberration, ambiguity, artifice, bias, casuistry, cavil, deceit, deception, delusion, deviation, equivocation, erratum, error, evasion, falsehood, flaw, heresy, inconsistency, mistake, notion, paradox, perversion, preconception, prejudice, quibbling, quirk, solecism, sophism, sophistry, subterfuge, untruth, deceptiveness, elusion, erroneousness, faultiness, illogicality, inexactness, invalidity, misapprehension, miscalculation, misconstrual, misinterpretation, non sequitur, speciousness |
| Antonyms: | certainty, evidence, fact, honesty, reality, right, surety, truth |
| Main Entry: | gap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, breach |
| Synonyms: | aperture, arroyo, blank, caesura, canyon, chasm, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, cut, defile, difference, disagreement, disparity, divergence, divide, division, fracture, gorge, gulch, gully, hiatus, hole, hollow, inconsistency, interlude, intermission, interruption, interstice, interval, lacuna, lull, notch, opening, orifice, pause, ravine, recess, rent, respite, rest, rift, rupture, separation, slit, slot, space, vacuity, void, clove, discontinuity, interspace |
| Antonyms: | closure |
| Main Entry: | instability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | imbalance, inconstancy |
| Synonyms: | alternation, anxiety, disquiet, flightiness, fluctuation, frailty, hesitation, immaturity, inconsistency, insecurity, irregularity, oscillation, restlessness, uncertainty, vacillation, volatility, wavering, weakness, capriciousness, changeability, changeableness, disequilibrium, fickleness, fitfulness, fluidity, impermanence, inquietude, irresolution, mutability, pliancy, precariousness, shakiness, transience, unfixedness, unpredictability, unreliability, unsteadiness, variability, vulnerability |
| Antonyms: | balance, constancy, soundness, stability, steadfastness |
| Main Entry: | paradox |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contradiction, puzzle |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22*, absurdity, ambiguity, anomaly, catch, enigma, error, inconsistency, mistake, mystery, nonsense, oddity, opposite, reverse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vagary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | caprice |
| Synonyms: | crotchet, fancy, humor, idea, impulse, inconsistency, notion, quirk, whim, whimsy, fool notion, inconstancy |
| Main Entry: | variance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difference |
| Synonyms: | about-face*, argument, change, conflict, contention, deviation, difference of opinion, disagreement, discord, discrepancy, dissension, dissent, dissidence, divergence, diversity, division, flip-flop*, fluctuation, incongruity, inconsistency, mutation, separation, strife, switch, variation, variety, different strokes, disaccord, disunity, mid-course correction, severing, sundering, transmogrification, unharmoniousness |
| Antonyms: | agreement |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incongruity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discrepancy |
| Synonyms: | difference, inconsistency, mismatch, inappropriateness |
| Main Entry: | irrelevance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | irrelevancy |
| Synonyms: | impertinence, incongruity, inconsistency, insignificance, immateriality, inapplicability, inappositeness, inappropriateness, remoteness, triviality, unrelatedness |
| Main Entry: | credibility gap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lack of trust |
| Synonyms: | discrepancy, disparity, inconsistency, perjury, question, doubtfulness, forswearing, unreliability, untrustworthiness, untruthfulness |
| Main Entry: | dissonance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disagreement |
| Synonyms: | antagonism, conflict, contention, controversy, difference, discord, discrepancy, disharmony, disparity, dissension, dissidence, incongruity, inconsistency, strife, variance, disaccord |
| Antonyms: | agreement, concord, harmony |
| Main Entry: | irregularity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unevenness |
| Synonyms: | aberration, break, bump, change, dent, deviation, distortion, flaw, hole, hump, imperfection, inconsistency, roughness, shift, spasm, stop, twist, uncertainty, variation, asymmetry, bumpiness, jaggedness, variability |
| Main Entry: | disagreement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difference, unlikeness |
| Synonyms: | clash, discrepancy, disharmony, disparity, dissimilarity, divergence, diversity, incompatibility, incongruity, inconsistency, variance, disaccord, discordance, disharmonism, dissimilitude, divergency, incongruousness |
| Antonyms: | agreement, likeness, sameness, similarity |
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