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Disconnection vs Discord - What's the difference?

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Disconnection is a related term of discord.


As nouns the difference between disconnection and discord

is that disconnection is severance of a physical connection while discord is lack of concord, agreement or harmony.

As a verb discord is

(archaic) to disagree; to be at variance; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash.

disconnection

English

Alternative forms

* disconnexion (dated)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Severance of a physical connection.
    • The disconnection of the power cable shut down all the computers.
  • Unexpected termination of a telephone connection.
    • A sudden disconnection cut me off in mid-phrase.
  • Absence of rapport; the nonexistence of, or a breakdown of, effective communication.
    • There was a hopeless disconnection between the weary, old teacher and the spirited, young students.

    Synonyms

    * disconnect (noun)

    References

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    discord

    English

    Noun

  • Lack of concord, agreement or harmony.
  • * Bible, Proverbs vi. 19
    • A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
  • * Burke
    • Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire.
  • Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
  • (music) An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.
  • Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • For a discord itself is but a harshness of divers sounds meeting.

    Related terms

    * discordant * Discordianism

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To disagree; to be at variance; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • The one discording with the other.