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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
discord \dis"cord`\, n. 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, v. 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.
      1913 webster

            a false witness that speaketh lies, and he that
            soweth discord among brethren.        --prov. vi.
                                                  19.
      1913 webster

            peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in
            all parts of the empire.              --burke.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            for a discord itself is but a harshness of divers
            sounds m???ing.                       --bacon.
      1913 webster

   apple of discord. see under apple.

   syn: variance; difference; opposition; contrariety; clashing;
        dissension; contention; strife; disagreement;
        dissonance.
        1913 webster
see also:
heart discord apple of discord apple 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
discord \discord"\, v. i. oe. discorden, descorden, from the
   french. see discord, n.
   to disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit.
   obs.
   1913 webster

         the one discording with the other.       --bacon.
   1913 webster
see also:
discord 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
discord
     n 1: lack of agreement or harmony syn: strife
     2: disagreement among those expected to cooperate syn: dissension
     3: a harsh mixture of sounds syn: discordance
     4: strife resulting from a lack of agreement syn: discordance
     v : be different from one another syn: disagree, disaccord
         ant: match
see also:
strife dissension discordance disagree disaccord match 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
136 moby thesaurus words for "discord":
   bedlam let loose, discordia, eris, animosity, antagonism,
   antipathy, argumentation, bedlam, blast, bobbery, brawl, brouhaha,
   cacophony, charivari, chirm, clamor, clangor, clap, clash,
   clashing, clatter, coarseness, collision, commotion, conflict,
   contention, contradiction, controversy, cracked voice, difference,
   din, disaccord, disaccordance, disaffinity, disagree, disagreement,
   discordance, discordancy, discrepancy, disharmony, disparity,
   dissension, dissent, dissidence, dissonance, disunion, disunity,
   divergence, diversity, divide, division, donnybrook, drunken brawl,
   dryness, dustup, enmity, faction, flap, fracas, free-for-all,
   friction, gruffness, gutturalism, gutturality, gutturalness,
   harshness, hell broke loose, hoarseness, hostility, howl, hubbub,
   hue and cry, hullabaloo, huskiness, inaccordance, incompatibility,
   incompatibleness, incongruity, inconsistency, inconsonance,
   inequality, inharmoniousness, inharmony, jangle, jar, jarring,
   loud noise, mischief, mismatch, negation, noise,
   noise and shouting, noncooperation, open conflict, opposition,
   oppugnancy, outcry, pandemonium, polarization, racket, rancor,
   raspiness, rattle, raucity, repugnance, rhubarb, roar, roughness,
   row, rub, ruckus, ruction, rudeness, rumble, rumpus, scrapiness,
   scratchiness, shindy, shivaree, stertorousness, strained relations,
   strife, tension, thickness, throatiness, thunder, thunderclap,
   tintamarre, tumult, ugliness, uncongeniality, unharmoniousness,
   unpleasantness, uproar, variance, vary





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