DISCORDANCE Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word discordance. (close relations)
discordantly
Best Alternatives
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| conflict | nounn | |||||
noun • an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals) • opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings • a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war • a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests • an incompatibility of dates or events • opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot) • a disagreement or argument about something important verb • be in conflict • go against, as of rules and laws | ||||||
| contention | nounn | |||||
noun • a point asserted as part of an argument • a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement • the act of competing as for profit or a prize | ||||||
| disagreement | nounn | |||||
noun • a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters • a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions • the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing | ||||||
| discrepancy | nounn | |||||
noun • a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions • an event that departs from expectations | ||||||
| disharmony | nounn | |||||
noun • a lack of harmony | ||||||
| dissension | nounn | |||||
noun • disagreement among those expected to cooperate • a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters | ||||||
| dissonance | nounn | |||||
noun • a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters • the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience • disagreeable sounds | ||||||
| incompatibility | nounn | |||||
noun • the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time • (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue) • the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination | ||||||
| incongruity | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate | ||||||
| inconsistency | nounn | |||||
noun • the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time • the quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts | ||||||
| variance | nounn | |||||
noun • an event that departs from expectations • discord that splits a group • the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value • a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions • the quality of being subject to variation • an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation) • an activity that varies from a norm or standard | ||||||
| discord | nounn | |||||
noun • lack of agreement or harmony • disagreement among those expected to cooperate • a harsh mixture of sounds • strife resulting from a lack of agreement verb • be different from one another | ||||||
