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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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
Editors’ Picks An editor at Fast Company, a magazine about business, technology and design, was among the first to notice the discordance.
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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
Sachs plays on the discordance between his naturalistic approach and the theatricality of the project with meta elements like a quick glimpse of the crew or posed shots of the actors occasionally punctuating the conversation, accompanied by blasts of Mozart’s Requiem in D Minor.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 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
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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
Sachs plays on the discordance between his naturalistic approach and the theatricality of the project with meta elements like a quick glimpse of the crew or posed shots of the actors occasionally punctuating the conversation, accompanied by blasts of Mozart’s Requiem in D Minor.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discordance
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Multitracked saxophones swarm over a pit of molten bass frequencies, slipping between sentimental consonance—you might momentarily be reminded of Vangelis’ Blade Runner score—and eerie discord.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
25 Mar. 2026
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But their top officials do not always agree, and some say the discord has hurt how well the agencies can serve patients and led the call center to repeatedly misjudge the severity of some calls.—
Jenny Gathright,
Washington Post,
19 Mar. 2026
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Tens of thousands of people are flocking to Bayfront Park for the Ultra Music Festival, an annual electronic music event that has once again brought both excitement and concerns over noise and safety to downtown Miami.—
Larry Seward,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Prior work has explored ultrasound sensing mainly on ground robots, but applying it to aerial robots has been difficult due to propeller noise and weak signals.—
Nitin Sanket,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2026
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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
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Two of the biggest roars of the game came at halftime, incidentally.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
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Inside Son Doong, a subterranean river continues to carve the cave, producing a constant roar that echoes through its chambers.—
Brit McCandless Farmer,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Intensifying intraparty friction isn't likely to help with that effort.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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One point of friction is a gimmick that California and other states use to maximize federal funds — special taxes on health care providers, which are used to draw down more federal matching payments in return for state promises to offset the taxes with additional reimbursements to providers.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Most people initially become aware of the reptiles by hearing their rattles, which the snakes use to try to scare off aggressors or to distract prey.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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Rattlesnakes can be recognized by the distinct sound their rattles make.—
Brianna Taylor,
Sacbee.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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While the tension among the Forsyte brothers and their sons, Jo and Soames, has continued to cause strife and gossip amid dinners and celebrations, other things have changed drastically.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
22 Mar. 2026
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These are all themes that seem especially timely in an era of ongoing political strife.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
22 Mar. 2026
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On the conference sidelines, expect plenty of chatter about AI and the overall electricity supply crunch.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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But even though right when the divorce was announced, there were reports that Urban had already moved on, there hasn’t really been much chatter about Kidman possibly doing the same.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Discordance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discordance. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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