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Discordance vs Disharmony - What's the difference?

discordance | disharmony |

As nouns the difference between discordance and disharmony

is that discordance is a state of discord while disharmony is the absence of harmony or concordance.

discordance

English

Alternative forms

* discordaunce

Noun

(en noun)
  • A state of discord.
  • * I. Taylor
    • There will arise a thousand discordances of opinion.
  • (music) Lack of harmony; dissonance.
  • (genetics) The presence of a specific genetic trait in only one of a set of clones (or identical twins).

    • disharmony

    English

    Noun

    (disharmonies)
  • The absence of harmony or concordance.
  • * 2013 , Luke Harding and Uki Goni, Argentina urges UK to hand back Falklands and 'end colonialism'' (in ''The Guardian , 3 January 2013)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jan/02/argentina-britain-hand-back-falklands]
    • Critics suggest that Fernández, an unashamed populist and nationalist, is seeking to deflect attention from social disharmony at home.

    Synonyms

    * inharmony (not as common)

    References

    * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989. English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs