DISCORD
Dictionary entry overview: What does discord mean?
• DISCORD (noun)
The noun DISCORD has 4 senses:
1. lack of agreement or harmony
2. disagreement among those expected to cooperate
3. a harsh mixture of sounds
4. strife resulting from a lack of agreement
Familiarity information: DISCORD used as a noun is uncommon.
• DISCORD (verb)
The verb DISCORD has 1 sense:
1. be different from one another
Familiarity information: DISCORD used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DISCORD (noun)
Meaning:
Lack of agreement or harmony
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
discord; strife
Hypernyms ("discord" is a kind of...):
disorder (a disturbance of the peace or of public order)
Meaning:
Disagreement among those expected to cooperate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
dissension; discord
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)
Meaning:
A harsh mixture of sounds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
discordance; discord
Hypernyms ("discord" is a kind of...):
dissonance (disagreeable sounds)
Meaning:
Strife resulting from a lack of agreement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
discordance; discord
Hypernyms ("discord" is a kind of...):
strife (bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension)
• DISCORD (verb)
Meaning:
Be different from one another
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
disaccord; discord; disagree
Hypernyms (to "discord" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Sentence frame:
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