discord

Meaning

1. Lack of concord, agreement or harmony; disaccord.
2. Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
3. An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.
4. Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.

dissension

disagreement

difference of opinion

yield

wind and waves

frictior

jar ring note

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɪskɔɹd/

Circa 1230, Middle English descorde, discorde; from Anglo-Norman, Old French descort (derivative of descorder), descorde (“disagreement”); from Latin discordia, from discors (“disagreeing, disagreement”), from dis- (“apart”) + cor, cordis (“heart”). Verb derives from Middle English discorden, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descorder, from Latin discordāre, from discord-, as above.

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