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discord

n.

Conflict
strife, contention, dissension, disunity, division, disagreement, dispute, friction, animosity; see also disagreement 1.
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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Another word for discord

noun

A state of disagreement and disharmony:

clash, conflict, confrontation, contention, difference, difficulty, disaccord, discordance, dissension, dissent, dissentience, dissidence, dissonance, faction, friction, inharmony, schism, strife, variance, war, warfare. See conflict

verb

To fail to be in accord:
clash, conflict, contradict, disaccord, jar. Idiom: go (or run) counter to. See agree
To be of different opinion:
differ, disaccord, disagree, dissent, vary. Idiom: join (or take) issue. See agree