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Discordant vs Disconnected - What's the difference?

discordant | disconnected |

As adjectives the difference between discordant and disconnected

is that discordant is not in harmony or accord while disconnected is that is no longer connected.

As a verb disconnected is

(disconnect).

discordant

English

Alternative forms

* discordaunt (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • not in harmony or accord
  • harsh or dissonant sounding
  • (public health) serodiscordant
  • (geology) of a differing type of rock cutting across a formation
    • Dikes may be discordant to country rock if they intrude at a high angle to the bedding

    Antonyms

    * concordant

    Related terms

    * discord ----

    disconnected

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (disconnect)
    • The phone company disconnected my DSL.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That is no longer connected.
    • There's no use trying to make a call on the disconnected phone.
  • Feeling a lack of empathy or association with something.
    • I just feel so disconnected from people living on the other side of the world.
  • (mathematics, of a topological space) That can be partitioned into two nonempty subsets which are both open and closed.

    • Antonyms

    * connected

    Derived terms

    * disconnectedly * disconnectedness