Cacophony vs Disharmony - What's the difference?
cacophony | disharmony |
A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.
* 1921-1922, ,
The absence of harmony or concordance.
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As nouns the difference between cacophony and disharmony
is that cacophony is a mix of discordant sounds; dissonance while disharmony is the absence of harmony or concordance.cacophony
English
Noun
(cacophonies)- Not more unutterable could have been the chaos of hellish sound if the pit itself had opened to release the agony of the damned, for in one inconceivable cacophony was centered all the supernal terror and unnatural despair of animate nature.
Antonyms
* euphony * harmonyDerived terms
* cacophonic * cacophonousdisharmony
English
Noun
(disharmonies)- Critics suggest that Fernández, an unashamed populist and nationalist, is seeking to deflect attention from social disharmony at home.