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Discord

Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; -- applied to persons or to things, and to thoughts, feelings, or purposes.

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Narrower term 3

Confrontation 76% connected

Act of confrontating.

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Division 76% connected

The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.

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Variance 76% connected

The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation.

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Broader term 5

Differ 76% connected

To be or stand apart; to disagree; to be unlike; to be distinguished; -- with from.

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Disagreement 76% connected

The state of disagreeing; a being at variance; dissimilitude; diversity.

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Disorder 76% connected

Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.

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Dissonance 76% connected

A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord.

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Strife 76% connected

The act of striving; earnest endeavor.

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Discordant 74% connected

Disagreeing; incongruous; being at variance; clashing; opposing; not harmonious.

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Discordant 74% connected

Disagreeing; incongruous; being at variance; clashing; opposing; not harmonious.

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Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 5

Disaccord 92% connected

To refuse to assent.

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Disagree 92% connected

To fail to accord; not to agree; to lack harmony; to differ; to be unlike; to be at variance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Discordance 92% connected

Alt. of Discordancy

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Dissension 92% connected

Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisio…

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Strife 92% connected

The act of striving; earnest endeavor.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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