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Webster 1913 Edition

Discord

Dis′cordˊ

,
Noun.
[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
,
Verb.
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[GREEK][GREEK][GREEK]ing.
Bacon.
Syn. – Variance; difference; opposition; contrariety; clashing; dissension; contention; strife; disagreement; dissonance.

Dis-cord′

,
Verb.
I.
[OE.
discorden
,
descorden
, from the French. See
Discord
,
Noun.
]
To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit.
[Obs.]
The one
discording
with the other.
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition

Discord

DISCORD

,
Noun.
[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

,
Verb.
I.
To disagree; to jar; to clash; not to suit; not to be coincident. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

discord

discord

English

Noun

discord ‎(countable and uncountable, plural discords)

  1. Lack of concord, agreement or harmony.
    • Bible, Proverbs vi. 19
      A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
    • Burke
      Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire.
  2. Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
  3. (music) An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.
  4. Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.
    • Francis Bacon
      For a discord itself is but a harshness of divers sounds meeting.

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Verb

discord ‎(third-person singular simple present discords, present participle discording, simple past and past participle discorded)

  1. (archaic) To disagree; to be at variance; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash.
    • Francis Bacon
      The one discording with the other.

Etymology

Circa 1230, Middle English descorde, discorde; from Anglo-Norman, Old French descort (derivative of descorder), descorde ‎(“disagreement”); from Latin discordia, from discord-, discors ‎(“disagreeing, disagreement”), from dis- ‎(“apart”) + cor, cordis, cord-, cors ‎(“heart”)

Verb derives from Middle English discorden, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descorder, from Latin discordāre, from discord-, as above.

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