食い違い|くいちがいkuichigai[0]heiban (flat)

1. noundifference; disagreement; conflict; clash; discrepancy; inconsistency
   ２人ふたりの意見いけんには大おおきな食い違くいちがいがあった。↗

   There was a great gap between the views of the two.

• Synonym相違そういWrittenWritten/formal prose for things simply being different from each other, as in 「事実と相違する」; 「食い違い」 suggests clashing statements or opinions.
• SynonymずれCasualColloquial word for a gap or offset in time, position or ideas; 「食い違い」 stresses contradictory statements and opinions.
• Synonym不一致ふいっちNeutralRefers to things not matching or being inconsistent; 「食い違い」 leans toward two parties' accounts failing to line up.
• Synonym齟齬そごWrittenWritten/formal prose for matters failing to mesh so things stall, as in 「認識の齟齬」; 「食い違い」 is the more colloquial choice.
• Related差異さいWrittenWritten/formal prose for the differing points seen when comparing things; 「食い違い」 leans toward conflict and contradiction.
• Related行き違いいきちがいNeutralCovers crossing without meeting or a mix-up and misunderstanding; 「食い違い」 is about accounts not matching.
• Related不仲ふなかNeutralRefers to a relationship being bad, people not getting along; 「食い違い」 is about opinions or accounts failing to match.
• Related違いちがいNeutralThe broadest, most all-purpose word for a difference; 「食い違い」 implies things that should have matched failing to.
• Related対立たいりつNeutralOpposing stances where neither side yields; 「食い違い」 focuses on statements or opinions that should agree but don't.
• RelatedひらきNeutralA gap that opens up between figures or amounts; 「食い違い」 leans toward contradictory accounts.
• Related不統一ふとういつWrittenWritten/formal prose for lacking unity, with each going its own way; 「食い違い」 is about accounts not matching.
• Related差さNeutralMostly seen in 「差しで飲む」, meaning two people face to face, and also a hindrance; a different sense from the mismatch of 「食い違い」.
• Related不同ふどうWrittenWritten/formal prose for things not being uniform or in order, as in 「順不同」; 「食い違い」 leans toward contradiction.
• Related不和ふわNeutralRefers to discord, people not being on good terms; 「食い違い」 is about opinions or accounts not matching.
• Related仲違いなかたがいNeutralA falling-out: the relationship turns bad or people quarrel, without necessarily breaking off; 「食い違い」 is about mismatched views or accounts.
• Related軋轢あつれきWrittenWritten/formal prose for friction and discord between parties; 「食い違い」 stresses contradictory statements.
• Related異同いどうWrittenWritten/formal prose for differences, said of texts or opinions alike; 「食い違い」 stresses contradictory statements.
• Related懸隔けんかくFormalFormal word for a wide disparity or gap; 「食い違い」 is about accounts failing to line up.
• Antonym一致いっちNeutralAntonym: things agreeing completely, the opposite of 「食い違い」 where accounts fail to match.
• Antonym合致がっちWrittenAntonym: written/formal prose for matching or conforming exactly, the opposite of 「食い違い」.

Use 「食い違い」 when statements or opinions fail to match and produce a contradiction, as in 「証言の食い違い」. For things simply being different, pick 「相違」; for matters failing to mesh, 「齟齬」; for a gap or offset, 「ずれ」. The antonyms are 「一致」 and 「合致」.

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1. くいちがうこと。
2. くいちがうようにつくられた城門じょうもんの土手どて。