Dissonance vs Innocence - What's the difference?
dissonance | innocence |
a harsh, discordant combination of sounds
(music) conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding
a state of disagreement or conflict
Absence of responsibility for a crime.
Lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=9 Lack of ability or intention to harm or damage.
As nouns the difference between dissonance and innocence
is that dissonance is a harsh, discordant combination of sounds while innocence is absence of responsibility for a crime.dissonance
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(en noun)Derived terms
* dissonant * cognitive dissonanceSee also
* assonanceinnocence
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(-)citation, passage=Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all.}}