What's the difference between deficit and discrepancy?

Deficit


Definition:

  • (n.) Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack; as, a deficit in taxes, revenue, etc.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Some common eye movement deficits, and concepts such as 'the neural integrator' and the 'velocity storage mechanism', for which anatomical substrates are still sought, are introduced.
  • (2) However, this deficit was observed only when the sample-place preceded but not when it followed the interpolated visits (second experiment).
  • (3) The study examined the sustained effects of methylphenidate on reading performance in a sample of 42 boys, aged 8 to 11, with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
  • (4) We report on a patient, with a CT-verified low density lesion in the right parietal area, who exhibited not only deficits in left conceptual space, but also in reading, writing, and the production of speech.
  • (5) Since the first is balked by the obstacle of deficit reduction, emphasis has turned to the second.
  • (6) Definitive neurological deficits occurred in 0.09%, transient deficits were observed in 0.45%.
  • (7) They also said no surplus that built up in the scheme, which runs at a £700m deficit, would be paid to any “sponsor or employer” under any circumstances.
  • (8) Agarose-albumin beads may be useful for removing protein-bound substances from the blood of patients with liver failure, intoxication with protein-bound drugs, or specific metabolic deficits.
  • (9) Eighty-eight patients (97%) had a stable fixation and 77 (85%) had resumed preoperative activity or were working but with a residual deficit.
  • (10) The family history and associated anomalies were recorded and particular attention was paid to temperature gradients and neurocirculatory deficits with respect to band location.
  • (11) On the clinical level, the disorder is characterized by a memory encoding deficit.
  • (12) Electroretinographic (ERG), morphometric and biochemical studies on retinas from monkeys or rats reveal that moderate level developmental lead (Pb) exposure produces long-term selective rod deficits and degeneration.
  • (13) In the subgroup of children under age 5 years at the time of diagnosis, 10 of 11 showed neuropsychologic deficits, and eight of 11 had white matter changes.
  • (14) Natural killer (NK) cell activity was assessed in the peripheral blood of 20 patients with growth hormone (GH) deficiency due to a hypothalamic deficit of GH-releasing hormone (GHRH).
  • (15) Plasma renin activities (PRA) and aldosterone concentrations increased in parallel over a wide range of plasma volume deficits produced in unanesthetized rats by extravascular administration of polyethylene glycol (PEG) solution.
  • (16) The serum of these patients caused mainly a fall of the bactericidal activity of the leucocytes, and this was caused more frequently by a deficit of the opsonizing factors than by the presence of inhibitor.
  • (17) Subtle cognitive deficits in Inferential Reading Comprehension were detected when Reading Vocabulary was at or better than a twelfth grade level.
  • (18) The pattern of neuropsychological deficits across HIV-1 states was similar to those found in cohorts of homosexual men.
  • (19) In Study 4, attributional biases and deficits were found to be positively correlated with the rate of reactive aggression (but not proactive aggression) displayed in free play with peers (N = 127).
  • (20) And any Labour commitment on spending is fatally undermined by their deficit amnesia.” Davey widened the attack on the Tories, following a public row this week between Clegg and Theresa May over the “snooper’s charter”, by accusing his cabinet colleague Eric Pickles of coming close to abusing his powers by blocking new onshore developments against the wishes of some local councils.

Discrepancy


Definition:

  • (n.) The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Possible reasons for the previous discrepancies between direct and isotopic methods are discussed, as are the effects of protein binding, sample handling, and storage conditions on oxalate values in plasma.
  • (2) 39.5 per cent of children have had suitable foot for weight-bearing, with normal shoes, and 23, 25 per cent have had prosthesis for discrepancy.
  • (3) It is suggested that some of the discrepancies in investigations of the relation between water hardness and mortality-rates from cardiovascular disease may be attributed to genetic influences.
  • (4) The author points out a remarkable discrepancy between the concept of work in the practice of psychoanalysis, especially in the concept of the working alliance (Greenson), and the concept of work included in the dreamwork.
  • (5) Thus the anomalous behaviour of the ICA1 and the Nova 8 was due to a discrepancy between the standard built-in algorithm and the characteristics of our serum pools.
  • (6) These discrepancies may be explained, in part, by the demonstration that TTX augmentation requires relatively low TTX concentrations (10(-6)-10(-8) M) and is not demonstrable at higher concentrations, requires submaximal LHRH concentrations (10(-10)-10(-9) M), and requires exposure of cultured cells to 17 beta-estradiol.
  • (7) It has been argued that this discrepancy might be the consequence, at least in part, of differences in patient selection.
  • (8) The discrepancy between left versus right latencies increased significantly in the secondary task condition for two patients in the neglect group but not for the other two.
  • (9) An innovative approach to treatment planning is described in which a planned dose distribution is evaluated in terms of prescribed limits of acceptability, and any discrepancies (referred to as "regions of regret") are displayed in the form of a contour diagram in which colors are used to represent different types and degrees of regret.
  • (10) In the cat soleus muscle which is exclusively composed of slow motor units the discrepancy between the sum of individual tensions and the tension on combined stimulation of several motor units was found to be much less than previously reported for slow motor units of peroneus longus.
  • (11) Discrepancies were found in 55 cases (24%) (44 F- and 11 F+).
  • (12) This apparent discrepancy was resolved by performing parallel experiments using purified human serum albumin samples and serum.
  • (13) Minor discrepancies of classes III and IV were found in 63 (30%) and 101 (47%) cases, respectively.
  • (14) The discrepancy can be explained by a heterogeneity in liposomes prepared by sonication.
  • (15) In some cases the discrepancy was as much as 50 percent.
  • (16) Significant diagnostic discrepancies (errors unrecognized and directly related to or associated with the cause of death) were determined.
  • (17) These differences in the myelination of the proximal and distal nerve most probably account for the discrepancy between the results reported here and those provided by a previous study (Tiao and Blakemore, '76) concerned with the structure of the optic nerve in this species.
  • (18) Discrepancies found in uncorrected measurements could be correlated with morphology of the nuclei concerned.
  • (19) These results suggests that there is a discrepancy between reductions in hepatic bile acids and those in the hepatic microsomal mixed function oxidase system after biliary decompression.
  • (20) There was a relationship between the number of large discrepancies and reading achievement.