Discord

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things. synonym: conflict.
  • noun. Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
  • noun. A confused or harsh sound or mingling of sounds.
  • noun. An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.
  • intransitive verb. To fail to agree or harmonize; clash.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To disagree; jar; clash.
  • To be discordant or dissonant.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Want of concord or harmony between persons or things; disagreement of relations; especially, as applied to persons, difference of opinions; variance; opposition; contention; strife; any disagreement which produces passion, contest, disputes, litigation, or war.
  • noun. In music: The combination of two tones that are inharmonious with each other, or inconclusive in combined effect; a dissonance.
  • noun. The interval between two such tones; any interval not a unison, octave, perfect fifth, perfect fourth, major or minor third, or major or minor sixth. In medieval music all but the first three of the above intervals were at first regarded as discords.
  • noun. Either of the two tones forming such an interval.
  • noun. A chord containing such intervals.See dissonance.
  • noun. Hence—3. Any confused noise; a mingling or clashing of sounds; a harsh clang or uproar.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; -- applied to persons or to things, and to thoughts, feelings, or purposes.
  • noun. Union of musical sounds which strikes the ear harshly or disagreeably, owing to the incommensurability of the vibrations which they produce; want of musical concord or harmony; a chord demanding resolution into a concord.
  • noun. See under Apple.
  • intransitive verb. To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Lack of concord, agreement or harmony among persons, groups, or things.
  • noun. Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
  • noun. An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.
  • noun. Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.
  • verb. To disagree; to be at variance; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. be different from one another
  • noun. a harsh mixture of sounds
  • noun. strife resulting from a lack of agreement
  • noun. lack of agreement or harmony
  • noun. disagreement among those expected to cooperate
  • Word Usage
    "Meiring on Monday said his decision to retire was prompted by what he labelled discord and distrust sparked by the leakage of the report."
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