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   discord

   noun

   • 1. disagreement between people: "a prosperous family who showed no signs of discord" Similar strifeconflictfrictionhostilitydisagreementlack of agreementdissensiondisputedifference of opiniondiscordancedisunitydivisionincompatibilityvarianceantagonismantipathyenmityoppositionbad feelingill feelingbad bloodargumentquarrellingsquabblingbickeringwranglingfeudingcontentionclashingfalling-outwarvendettaarchaic:jarrare:disaccordOpposite agreementaccordharmony
   • ▪ lack of agreement or harmony between things: "the discord between indigenous and Western cultures"
   • 2. lack of harmony between notes sounding together: "the music faded in discord" Similar dissonancediscordancelack of harmonydisharmonycacophonyjarringjanglingOpposite harmony
   • ▪ a chord which (in conventional harmonic terms) is regarded as unpleasing or requiring resolution by another.
   • ▪ any interval except unison, an octave, a perfect fifth or fourth, a major or minor third and sixth, or their octaves.
   • ▪ a single note dissonant with another.

   verb

   • 1. (of people) disagree: archaic "we discorded commonly on two points"
   • ▪ (of things) be different: archaic "the party's views were apt to discord with those of the leading members of the government"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French descord (noun), descorder (verb), from Latin discordare, from discors ‘discordant’, from dis- (expressing negation, reversal) + cor, cord- ‘heart’.

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