lack of concord or harmony between persons or things: marital discord.
2.
disagreement; difference of opinion.
3.
strife; dispute; war.
4.
Music. an inharmonious combination of musical tones sounded together.
5.
any confused or harsh noise; dissonance.
–verb (used without object)
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to disagree; be at variance.
[Origin: 1200–50; (n.) ME descorde, discorde < AF; OF descort (deriv. of descorder), descorde < L discordia, deriv. of discord- (s. of discors) discordant (dis-dis-1+ cord-, s. of cors heart); (v.) ME discorden < AF, OF descorder < L discordāre deriv. of discord-, as above]
Lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things.
Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
A confused or harsh sound or mingling of sounds.
Music An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.
intr.v.
(dĭ-skôrd', dĭs'kôrd') dis·cord·ed, dis·cord·ing, dis·cords
To fail to agree or harmonize; clash.
[Middle English, from Old French descorde, from Latin discordia, from discors, discord-, disagreeing : dis-, apart; see dis- + cor, cord-, heart; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.]
Synonyms: These nouns refer to a state of disagreement and disharmony. Discord is a lack of harmony often marked by bickering and antipathy: family discord. Strife usually implies a struggle, often destructive, between rivals or factions: political strife. Contention suggests a dispute in the form of heated debate or quarreling: lively contention among the candidates. Dissension implies difference of opinion that disrupts unity within a group: rampant dissension among the staff. Conflict suggests antagonism of ideas or interests that often results in hostility or divisiveness: conflict between smoking and nonsmoking factions. Clash involves irreconcilable ideas or interests: a personality clash. Variance usually suggests discrepancy or incompatibility: actions at variance with his principles.
c.1230, from O.Fr. descorde "disagreement," from L. discordia, from discors (gen. discordis) "disagreeing, disagreement," from dis- "apart" + cor (gen. cordis) "heart" (see heart).
Ac*cord"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accorded; p. pr. & vb. n. According.] [OE. acorden, accorden, OF. acorder, F. accorder, fr. LL. accordare; L. ad + cor, cordis, heart. Cf. Concord, Discord, and see Heart.]1. To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust; -- followed by to. [R.] Her hands accorded the lute's music to the voice. --Sidney. 2. To bring to an agreement, as persons; to reconcile; to settle, adjust, harmonize, or compose, as things; as, to accord suits or controversies. When they were accorded from the fray. --Spenser. All which particulars, being confessedly knotty and difficult can never be accorded but by a competent stock of critical learning. --South. 3. To grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as, to accord to one due praise. "According his desire." --Spenser.
Dis"cord`\, n. [OE. discord, descord, OF. discorde, descorde, F. discorde, from L. discordia, fr. discors, -cordis, discordant, disagreeable; dis- + cor, cordis, heart; cf. F. discord, n., and OF. descorder, discorder, F. discorder, to discord, L. discordare, from discors. See Heart, and cf. Discord, v. i.]1. 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. 2. (Mus.) 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. For a discord itself is but a harshness of divers sounds m???ing. --Bacon. Apple of discord. See under Apple. Syn: Variance; difference; opposition; contrariety; clashing; dissension; contention; strife; disagreement; dissonance.
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