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DISCORDANCE
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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 ("discordance" is a kind of...):
strife (bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension)
Derivation:
discord (be different from one another)
discordant (not in agreement or harmony)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Synonyms:
discord; discordance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("discordance" is a kind of...):
dissonance (disagreeable sounds)
Derivation:
discordant (lacking in harmony)