Meaning

3 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)A state of being discordant; disagreement, inconsistency.

  2. (countable, uncountable)Discordance of sounds; dissonance.

    a harsh mixture of sounds

  3. (countable, uncountable)The presence of a specific genetic trait in only one of a set of clones (or identical twins).

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle French discordance. By surface analysis, discord + -ance.

From Middle French discordance. By surface analysis, discord + -ance.

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Forms

plural: discordances

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a harsh mixture of sounds:discord
  • strife resulting from a lack of agreement:discord

Word family

6 related words
Relateddiscordantdiscord
Deriveddiscordancyimmunodiscordancenondiscordanceserodiscordance

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
discontentmentdiscontinuediscorddiscordantdiscothequediscountB1
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