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Contradiction vs Disaccord - What's the difference?

contradiction | disaccord |

As nouns the difference between contradiction and disaccord

is that contradiction is (uncountable) the act of contradicting while disaccord is the absence or reverse of accord.

As a verb disaccord is

to fail to be in accord.

contradiction

English

(wikipedia contradiction)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The act of contradicting.
    • His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting.
  • (countable) A statement that contradicts itself.
    • There is a contradiction in what you say - she can't be both married and single.
  • (countable) a logical incompatibility among two or more elements or propositions
    • Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism.
  • (logic, countable) A proposition that is false for all values of its variables.

    • Synonyms

    * (proposition that is false for all values of its variables)

    Antonyms

    * (proposition that is false for all values of its variables) tautology

    Coordinate terms

    * (proposition that is false for all values of its variables) contingency, tautology

    Related terms

    * contradict * contradictory

    disaccord

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The absence or reverse of accord.
  • Disharmony.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fail to be in accord.
    • He stated the case but I did disaccord .

    References

    * OED2