Mismatch vs Dissonance - What's the difference?
mismatch | dissonance |
To match unsuitably; to fail to match
Something that does not match; something dissimilar, inappropriate or unsuitable.
*{{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=September 7
, author=Dominic Fifield
, title=England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova
, work=The Guardian
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
As nouns the difference between mismatch and dissonance
is that mismatch is something that does not match; something dissimilar, inappropriate or unsuitable while dissonance is a harsh, discordant combination of sounds.As a verb mismatch
is to match unsuitably; to fail to match.mismatch
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(es)citation, page= , passage=After all the trepidation born of Holland's toils home and away against these opponents in qualification for Euro 2012, and the pockmarked nature of the pitch, this was exposed as a mismatch from the opening exchanges. }}
