Discontent vs Discord - What's the difference?
discontent | discord |
Dissatisfaction.
A longing for better times or circumstances.
* "Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this son of York" Richard III, Act 1, Scene I Shakespeare
A discontented person. (see also malcontent ).
Not content; discontented; dissatisfied.
* Bunyan
Lack of concord, agreement or harmony.
* Bible, Proverbs vi. 19
* Burke
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
(archaic) To disagree; to be at variance; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash.
* Francis Bacon
As nouns the difference between discontent and discord
is that discontent is dissatisfaction while discord is lack of concord, agreement or harmony.As verbs the difference between discontent and discord
is that discontent is to deprive of contentment; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy while discord is (archaic) to disagree; to be at variance; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash.As an adjective discontent
is not content; discontented; dissatisfied.discontent
English
Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(en adjective)- (Jeremy Taylor)
- Passion seemed to be much discontent , but Patience was very quiet.
discord
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Noun
- A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
- Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire.
- For a discord itself is but a harshness of divers sounds meeting.
Verb
(en verb)- The one discording with the other.