01 n. Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; …
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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.“A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.” — Prov. vi. 19.“Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire.” — Burke.
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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.(Mus.)“For a discord itself is but a harshness of divers sounds m���ing.” — Bacon.
Phrases & compounds
Apple of discord —
See under Apple.
Syn.
Variance; difference; opposition; contrariety; clashing; dissension; contention; strife; disagreement; dissonance.