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
  • Once the wicker creation proves far more extraordinary, discord and jealousy upset the fisherwoman’s quiet village.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Dolan was right that distractions can trip up a team, sowing just enough discord among its players to derail their chances at another title, and cut short their fans' chances at another joyous summer.
    — Noah Shachtman, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of discord
Noun
  • But the only picture mode that comes close to being that bright also has a notably green bias and ramps up the fan noise to a level that almost anyone will consider intolerable.
    — M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Communities are fighting data centers over spiking electric bills, soaring electricity and water demand, noise, land use and taxpayer subsidies.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 24 Oct. 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
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  • The merger’s gravitational roar in a fraction of second is equivalent to the amount of energy our sun emits in over a billion trillion years.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Percy Jackson says in one of the clips shown at Lucca, drawing a wild roar from fans assembled at the Teatro Moderno movie theatre.
    — John Bleasdale, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of roar
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  • When there must be some interlude of friction or a character needs to be brought low, The Gilded Age’s preferred mechanism is a dinner, ideally a fancy one with a complicated guest list and a variety of logistical obstacles.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
  • All machines have their friction; and possibly this does enough good to counterbalance the evil.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of friction
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  • His favorite technique was to take a fold-up chair in the woods, get in a blowdown, rattle antlers during the rut, and wait for a trophy buck to come along.
    — Colin Moore, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Her first hit item was a baby rattle shaped like a chicken drumstick that was sold wrapped in cellophane, much like a meat-counter purchase.
    — Leigh-Ann Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
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  • The core elements—airy melodies, drug talk, copious ad-libs—are old hat, but frank tales of suburban ennui and romantic strife give the Minneapolis rapper’s latest album a refreshingly personal air.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026
  • There have been reports of internal strife at the London bureau at CBS News over the tone of its Middle East coverage since Bari Weiss, a strong supporter of Israel, took over as the network’s editor in chief last year.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of strife
Noun
  • After maybe 10,000 individual motes of noise that chatter like mouse clicks, the song ends with a slow, jangly fadeout.
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Schulman added that SpaceX’s mobile carrier strategy is already apparent, citing industry chatter.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of chatter

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