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Noun: discord  'dis,kord
  1. Lack of agreement or harmony
    "The discord between the two factions threatened to split the party";
    - strife
     
  2. A conflict of people's opinions, actions or characters
    "There was discord among the team members over the new strategy";
    - disagreement, dissension, dissonance
     
  3. Lack of agreement or harmony; state of being discordant
    "A discord between theory and experimental results";
    - discordance
     
  4. A harsh mixture of sounds
    "The discord of the factory machinery made it difficult to communicate";
    - discordance
Verb: discord  'dis,kord
  1. Be different from one another
    "Their accounts of the accident discorded significantly";
    - disagree, disaccord [archaic]

Derived forms: discorded, discording, discords

Type of: conflict, differ, disagreement, disorder, dissonance

Encyclopedia: Discord