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Inconsistency vs Discord - What's the difference?

inconsistency | discord |

As nouns the difference between inconsistency and discord

is that inconsistency is the state of being inconsistent while discord is lack of concord, agreement or harmony.

As a verb discord is

(archaic) to disagree; to be at variance; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash.

inconsistency

English

Noun

(inconsistencies)
  • The state of being inconsistent
  • (logic) an incompatibility between two propositions that cannot both be true
  • Synonyms

    * contrariety, * deviation, * difference * disagreement * disparity * disproportion * disproportionateness * dissimilarity * dissonance * divergence * incongruity * inconsonance * inequality * paradox * unlikeness * variance

    Antonyms

    * consistency

    discord

    English

    Noun

  • Lack of concord, agreement or harmony.
  • * Bible, Proverbs vi. 19
  • A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
  • * Burke
  • Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire.
  • 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
  • For a discord itself is but a harshness of divers sounds meeting.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To disagree; to be at variance; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • The one discording with the other.