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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISCORD, n. [L.]
1. Disagreement among persons or things. Between persons, difference of opinions; variance; opposition; contention; strife; any disagreement which produces angry passions, contest, disputes, litigation or war. Discord may exist between families, parties and nations.
2. Disagreement; want of order; a clashing.
All discord, harmony not understood.
3. In music, disagreement of sounds; dissonance; a union of sounds which is inharmonious, grating and disagreeable to the ear; or an interval whose extremes do not coalesce. Thus the second and the seventh, when sounded together, make a discord. The term discord is applied to each of the two sounds which form the dissonance, and to the interval; but more properly to the mixed sound of dissonant tones. It is opposed to concord and harmony.
DISCORD, v.i. To disagree; to jar; to clash; not to suit; not to be coincident. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: lack of agreement or harmony [syn: discord, strife]
2: disagreement among those expected to cooperate [syn: discord, dissension]
3: a harsh mixture of sounds [syn: discordance, discord]
4: strife resulting from a lack of agreement [syn: discord, discordance] v
1: be different from one another [syn: disagree, disaccord, discord] [ant: agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English descorde, discord, from Anglo-French descorde, from Latin discordia, from discord-, discors Date: 13th century 1. a. lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) b. active quarreling or conflict resulting from discord among persons or factions ; strife 2. a. (1) a combination of musical sounds that strikes the ear harshly (2) dissonance b. a harsh or unpleasant sound Synonyms: discord, strife, conflict, contention, dissension, variance mean a state or condition marked by a lack of agreement or harmony. discord implies an intrinsic or essential lack of harmony producing quarreling, factiousness, or antagonism <a political party long racked by discord>. strife emphasizes a struggle for superiority rather than the incongruity or incompatibility of the persons or things involved <during his brief reign the empire was never free of civil strife>. conflict usually stresses the action of forces in opposition but in static applications implies an irreconcilability as of duties or desires <the conflict of freedom and responsibility>. contention applies to strife or competition that shows itself in quarreling, disputing, or controversy <several points of contention about the new zoning law>. dissension implies strife or discord and stresses a division into factions <religious dissension threatened to split the colony>. variance implies a clash between persons or things owing to a difference in nature, opinion, or interest <cultural variances that work against a national identity>. II. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French descorder, from Latin discordare, from discord-, discors discordant, from dis- + cord-, cor heart — more at heart Date: 14th century disagree, clash

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 disagreement; strife. 2 harsh clashing noise; clangour. 3 Mus. a a lack of harmony between notes sounding together. b an unpleasing or unfinished chord needing to be completed by another. c any interval except unison, an octave, a perfect fifth and fourth, a major and minor third and sixth, and their octaves. d a single note dissonant with another. --v.intr. 1 (usu. foll. by with) a disagree or quarrel. b be different or inconsistent. 2 jar, clash, be dissonant. Etymology: ME f. OF descord, (n.), descorder (v.) f. L discordare f. discors discordant (as DIS-, cor cord- heart)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Discord is disagreement and argument between people. (LITERARY) = conflict

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Disagreement, contention, strife, dissension, variance, opposition, wrangling, difference, rupture, falling out. 2. Dissonance, discordance, harshness, jarring, want of harmony.

Moby Thesaurus

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