DISCORDANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does discordance mean? 

• DISCORDANCE (noun)
  The noun DISCORDANCE has 2 senses:

1. a harsh mixture of sounds

2. strife resulting from a lack of agreement

  Familiarity information: DISCORDANCE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISCORDANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A harsh mixture of sounds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

discord; discordance

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

dissonance (disagreeable sounds)

Derivation:

discordant (lacking in harmony)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Strife resulting from a lack of agreement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

discord; discordance

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)