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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Discord \Dis*cord"\, verb (used without an object) [OE. discorden, descorden, from the French. See {Discord}, noun] To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit. [Obs.]
The one discording with the other. --Bacon.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Discord \Dis"cord'\, noun [OE. discord, descord, OF. discorde, descorde, F. discorde, from L. discordia, fr. discors, -cordis, discordant, disagreeable; dis- + cor, cordis, heart; cf. F. discord, noun, and OF. descorder, discorder, F. discorder, to discord, L. discordare, from discors. See {Heart}, and cf. {Discord}, verb (used without an object)]
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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
discord
noun
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: strife resulting from a lack of agreement [syn: {discordance}]
verb: be different from one another [syn: {disagree}, {disaccord}] [ant: {match}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
136 Moby Thesaurus words for "discord": Bedlam let loose, Discordia, Eris, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, argumentation, bedlam, blast, bobbery, brawl, brouhaha, cacophony, charivari, chirm, clamor, clangor, clap, clash, clashing, clatter, coarseness, collision, commotion, conflict, contention, contradiction, controversy, cracked voice, difference, din, disaccord, disaccordance, disaffinity, disagree, disagreement, discordance, discordancy, discrepancy, disharmony, disparity, dissension, dissent, dissidence, dissonance, disunion, disunity, divergence, diversity, divide, division, donnybrook, drunken brawl, dryness, dustup, enmity, faction, flap, fracas, free-for-all, friction, gruffness, gutturalism, gutturality, gutturalness, harshness, hell broke loose, hoarseness, hostility, howl, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, huskiness, inaccordance, incompatibility, incompatibleness, incongruity, inconsistency, inconsonance, inequality, inharmoniousness, inharmony, jangle, jar, jarring, loud noise, mischief, mismatch, negation, noise, noise and shouting, noncooperation, open conflict, opposition, oppugnancy, outcry, pandemonium, polarization, racket, rancor, raspiness, rattle, raucity, repugnance, rhubarb, roar, roughness, row, rub, ruckus, ruction, rudeness, rumble, rumpus, scrapiness, scratchiness, shindy, shivaree, stertorousness, strained relations, strife, tension, thickness, throatiness, thunder, thunderclap, tintamarre, tumult, ugliness, uncongeniality, unharmoniousness, unpleasantness, uproar, variance, vary
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