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DISCORD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Strife resulting from a lack of agreement

Synonyms:

discord; discordance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("discord" is a kind of...):

strife (bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A harsh mixture of sounds

Synonyms:

discord; discordance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("discord" is a kind of...):

dissonance (disagreeable sounds)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Disagreement among those expected to cooperate

Synonyms:

discord; dissension

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("discord" is a kind of...):

disagreement (the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "discord"):

confrontation (discord resulting from a clash of ideas or opinions)

division; variance (discord that splits a group)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Lack of agreement or harmony

Synonyms:

discord; strife

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("discord" is a kind of...):

disorder (a disturbance of the peace or of public order)

Derivation:

discord (be different from one another)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be different from one another

Synonyms:

disaccord; disagree; discord

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "discord" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

discord (lack of agreement or harmony)

discordance (strife resulting from a lack of agreement)

discordant (not in agreement or harmony)

discordant (lacking in harmony)

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