discordances

noun

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1
as in discords
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 noises
loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound the jarring discordance coming from the garage where the band was rehearsing

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“Discordances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discordances. Accessed 27 Jan. 2023.

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