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discordance

noun

di-ˈskȯr-dᵊn(t)s How to pronounce discordance (audio)
Definition of discordancenext
1
as in discord
a lack of agreement or harmony there was a real discordance between the tough guys that the actor played in the movies and the softy that he was in real life

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2
as in noise
loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound the jarring discordance coming from the garage where the band was rehearsing

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Recent Examples of discordance Luckily, director Kate Dumoulin helps smooth over much of the discordance. — Matthew J. Palm, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2025 Editors’ Picks An editor at Fast Company, a magazine about business, technology and design, was among the first to notice the discordance. — Adeel Hassan, New York Times, 4 May 2025 Many of the tunes including sprawling intros and jam sessions, all melded together with discordance, reverb and instrumental solos. — Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Apr. 2025 But All in the Family still stands up, and the right/wrong and hero/villain discordance between Archie and Meathead is central to its resilience. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for discordance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for discordance
  1. discord
  2. noise
  3. discordancy
  4. roar
  5. friction
  6. rattle
  7. strife
  8. chatter
Noun
  • The woman’s vanity and the husband’s forgetfulness collide to sow chaos and discord in the house.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The discord meant the program spent much of the summer hiring replacement correspondents, including Ross Douthat, a conservative New York Times opinion writer with no experience as a TV journalist.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of discord
Noun
  • Instead of focusing only on reducing noise, officials could also pay more attention to the kinds of sounds people hear, including natural ones such as birdsong.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
  • This achievement marks the starting point for a new era of antiproton precision measurements 8,12 in dedicated low-noise offline laboratory environments.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of noise
Noun
  • The discordancy is so intriguing — like learning that Katharine Graham went to nude encounter sessions at Esalen, or Alan Greenspan was once in a Lynyrd Skynyrd cover band.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2021
Definition of discordancy
Noun
  • Finally, the structure crumbled in a roar of broken concrete and a cloud of dust.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The unsentimental roar is, of course, a translation of Chekhov’s saws, and a good one at that.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of roar
Noun
  • That friction, between floppy and finely made, sits at the heart of Esh’s ever-evolving vision for his namesake label.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The frictions in Russia’s wartime economy are growing, as massive military spending balloons the budget deficit.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of friction
Noun
  • The noise and defense rattle Boley into four sacks and his first interception as a Sun Devil.
    — Manny Navarro, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Servants called flappers are required to shake rattles in their ears to keep them from falling or bumping into things.
    — Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of rattle
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  • October, the best time in the baseball calendar, will be at least a little different this year because of the labor strife that awaits in the offseason.
    — Jim Bowden, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Congress created temporary protections in 1990 TPS was created by Congress in 1990 to prevent deportations to countries suffering from natural disasters or civil strife.
    — Julia Ainsley, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of strife
Noun
  • Industry chatter about the potential sale quieted after Vulcan’s recent booster woes.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
  • That sparked chatter about potential interest from another Dominican team (such as Licey, given a connection with his uncle, Erick Aybar) and/or from teams in Venezuela, with several reportedly inquiring.
    — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of chatter

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“Discordance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discordance. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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