noun
- lack of concord or harmony between persons or things: marital discord.
- disagreement; difference of opinion.
- strife; dispute; war.
- Music. an inharmonious combination of musical tones sounded together.
- any confused or harsh noise; dissonance.
verb (used without object)
- to disagree; be at variance.
noun (ˈdɪskɔːd)
- lack of agreement of harmony; strife
- harsh confused mingling of sounds
- a combination of musical notes containing one or more dissonant intervalsSee dissonance (def. 3), concord (def. 4)
verb (dɪsˈkɔːd)
- (intr) to disagree; clash
early 13c., descorde, “unfriendly feeling, ill will;” also “dissention, strife,” from Old French descorde (12c.) “disagreement,” from Latin discordia, from discors (genitive discordis) “disagreeing, disagreement,” from dis- “apart” (see dis-) + cor (genitive cordis) “heart” (see heart). Musical sense is late 14c.
c.1300, from Old French discorder (13c.), from Latin discordare (see discord (n.)).