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discord

1. dis.cord \'dis-.ko.(*)rd\ n : lack of agreement or harmony :  : 
   DISUNITY, DISSENSION  : CONFLICT  : OPPOSITION, CONTRAST  : a combination 
   of musical sounds which strike the ear harshly  : DISSONANCE  : any harsh 
   or unpleasant sound MVARIANCE: DISCORD implies an intrinsic or essential 
   lack of harmony producing quarreling, factiousness, or antagonism; STRIFE 
   emphasizes a struggle for superiority rather than the incongruity or 
   incompatibility of the persons or things involved: CONFLICT usu. stresses 
   the action of forces in opposition but in static applications implies an 
   irreconcilability as of duties or desires; CONTENTION applies to strife or 
   competition that shows itself in quarreling, disputing, or controversy; 
   DISSENSION implies strife or discord and stresses a division into factions; 
   VARIANCE implies a clash between persons or things owing to a difference in 
   nature, opinion, or interest SYN syn STRIFE, CONFLICT, CONTENTION, 
   DISSENSION, 
2. dis.cord \'dis-.ko.(*)rd, dis-'ko.(*)rd\ vi [ME discorden, fr. OF 
   discorder, fr. L discordare, fr. dis]cord-, discors discordant, fr. dis- + 
   cord-, cor heart - more at HEART : DISAGREE, CLASH