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Definition of Discord

1. Verb. Be different from one another.

2. Noun. Lack of agreement or harmony.

3. Noun. Disagreement among those expected to cooperate.

4. Noun. A harsh mixture of sounds.

5. Noun. Strife resulting from a lack of agreement.

Definition of Discord

1. n. 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.

2. v. i. To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit.

Definition of Discord

1. Noun. Lack of concord, agreement or harmony among persons, groups, or things. ¹

2. Noun. Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension. ¹

3. Noun. (music) An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance. ¹

4. Noun. Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds. ¹

5. Verb. (archaic) To disagree; to be at variance; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Discord

1. to disagree [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: disagree

Medical Definition of Discord

1. 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. 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 ming." (Bacon) Apple of discord. See Apple. Synonym: Variance, difference, opposition, contrariety, clashing, dissension, contention, strife, disagreement, dissonance. Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Discord

discontinuous culture discontinuous phase discontinuous sterilization discontinuously discontinuousness disconvenience disconvenient discopathy discophile discophiles

discophilia discophora discophore discophores discoplacenta discord (current term) discordable discordance discordances discordancies

discordancy discordant discordant alternans discordant alternation discordant atrioventricular connections discordant thyroid nodule discordantly discordaunce discordaunt discorded

Literary usage of Discord

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"CIVIL AND ECCLESIASTICAL discord. INTOLERANCE OF JUSTINIAN. ... But the principle of discord was alive in their bosom, and they were more solicitous to ..."

2. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"Sensations of Harmony and discord.—The combination of notes to produce various ... When the number of beats rises to 33 per second the discord is most ..."

3. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe (1886)
"When, however, Friendship makes unity out of plurality, and associates with unity separated entities, discord, again, forcibly severs them from unity, ..."

4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1901)
"But the principle of discord was alive in their bosom, and they were more solicitous to explore the nature, than to practise the laws, of their founder. ..."

5. La démocratie libérale by Thomas Hodgkin, Etienne Vacherot (1896)
"Another cause was the evident want of discord hearty co-operation between the two generals, due imperial ... This discord between John and "Belisarius was ..."

6. A History of Illinois, from Its Commencement as a State in 1818 to 1847 by Thomas Ford, James Shields (1854)
"Character of the people—North and South—Causes of discord—Principle upon which elections were made—Character of candidates—Reasons for preference—Further ..."

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