discord
pronunciation
How to pronounce discord in British English:
UK [ˈdɪskɔːd]
How to pronounce discord in American English:
US [ˈdɪskɔːrd]
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- Noun:
- lack of agreement or harmony
- disagreement among those expected to cooperate
- a harsh mixture of sounds
- strife resulting from a lack of agreement
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- Verb:
- be different from one another
Word Origin
- discord
- discord: see concord
- discord (n.)
- 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," from PIE root *kerd- "heart" (see heart). Musical sense is late 14c.
- discord (v.)
- c. 1300, from Old French discorder (13c.), from Latin discordare (see discord (n.)).
Example
- 1. The troops arriving from neighbouring countries may sow further discord .
- 2. The goal is consensus : better bland accord than public discord .
- 3. Discord grows when gunmen storm the monastery on christmas eve , demanding medical supplies .
- 4. Some fear china connived in his escape , hoping to sow discord among exiled tibetans .
- 5. But the g20 discord matters , because the rebalance still has a long way to go .