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Synonyms for discord

noun

  1. Conflict

    strife, contention, dissension, disunity, division, disagreement, dispute, friction, animosity; see also disagreement 1.

  2. Noise

    din, racket, dissonance, disharmony; see noise 2.

discord denotes disagreement or lack of concord and may imply quarreling between persons, clashing qualities in things, dissonance in sound, etc.; strife stresses the struggle to win in a conflict or disagreement; contention suggests verbal strife as expressed in argument, controversy, dispute, etc.; dissension implies difference of opinion, usually suggesting contention between opposing groups in a body

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