discord Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun lack of agreement or harmony
    strife.
  2. noun disagreement among those expected to cooperate
    dissension.
  3. noun a harsh mixture of sounds
    discordance.
  4. noun strife resulting from a lack of agreement
    discordance.
  5. verb be different from one another
    disaccord; disagree.

WordNet

Dis"cord` noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  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 ming. Bacon.
    Syn. -- Variance; difference; opposition; contrariety; clashing; dissension; contention; strife; disagreement; dissonance.
Dis*cord" intransitive verb
Etymology
OE. discorden, descorden, from the French. See Discord, n.
Definitions
  1. To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit. Obs.
    The one discording with the other. Bacon.

Webster 1913