3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Discord \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Discord \Dis*cord"\, v. i. [OE. discorden descorden from the
French. See {Discord}, n.]
To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit.
[Obs.]
The one discording with the other --Bacon.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
discord
n 1: lack of agreement or harmony [syn: {strife}]
2: disagreement among those expected to cooperate [syn: {dissension}]
3: a harsh mixture of sounds [syn: {discordance}]
4: a discordant act [syn: {discordance}]
v : be different from one another [syn: {disagree}, {disaccord}]
[ant: {match}]
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