食くい違ちがい

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

Refers to a mismatch or contradiction between facts, statements, expectations, or opinions. Often used in formal or analytical contexts.

〈事こと〉に食くい違ちがいがあるthere is a discrepancy in ~
二人ふたりの証しょう言げんに食くい違ちがいがある。
There is a discrepancy between the two people's testimonies.
食くい違ちがいが生しょうじるa discrepancy arises
計けい画かくの途と中ちゅうで意い見けんに食くい違ちがいが生しょうじた。
A discrepancy in opinions arose partway through the plan.
食くい違ちがいを指し摘てきするto point out a discrepancy
弁べん護ご士しは証しょう言げんの食くい違ちがいを指し摘てきした。
The lawyer pointed out the discrepancy in the testimony.
食くい違ちがいを解かい消しょうするto resolve a discrepancy
話はなし合あいで両りょう者しゃの食くい違ちがいを解かい消しょうした。
They resolved the discrepancy between the two sides through discussion.

矛む盾じゅんN2
矛盾 points to a logical contradiction between statements, while 食い違い covers any broader mismatch, including facts or expectations that simply don't line up.
相そう違いN2
相違 is a stiffer, often legal/official word for a difference, whereas 食い違い is more common in everyday and journalistic descriptions of mismatched accounts.
齟そ齬ご
齟齬 is a bookish, formal synonym for 食い違い, both meaning a discrepancy, but 齟齬 sounds noticeably more literary.
すれ違ちがいN1
食い違い points to a logical or factual inconsistency between statements or accounts, whereas すれ違い points to an emotional or timing mismatch between people.
ずれN1
食い違い emphasizes conflicting accounts or details that don't match up, while ずれ can describe any kind of gap, including small physical or timing offsets.

一いっ致ちN3
一致 means things match perfectly, the opposite of 食い違い, which means they clash or fail to line up.

The noun is the continuative or nominal form of 食い違う “to cross past one another; disagree,” a compound of 食う and 違う.