Discordant vs Disruptive - What's the difference?
discordant | disruptive |
not in harmony or accord
harsh or dissonant sounding
(public health) serodiscordant
(geology) of a differing type of rock cutting across a formation
Causing disruption or unrest.
Causing major change, as in a market.
* 2005 , Karl D. Schubert, CIO Survival Guide (page 222)
As adjectives the difference between discordant and disruptive
is that discordant is not in harmony or accord while disruptive is causing disruption or unrest.discordant
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Alternative forms
* discordaunt (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Dikes may be discordant to country rock if they intrude at a high angle to the bedding
Antonyms
* concordantdisruptive
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Children who exhibit disruptive behaviour may be expelled from school.
- companies tend to lose their leadership positions to companies that enter the market with a disruptive technology or market change.