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2. (Mus.) Union of musical sounds which strikes the ear harshly or disagreeably, owing to the incommensurability of the vibrations which they produce; want of musical concord or harmony; a chord demanding resolution into a concord.

For a discord itself is but a harshness of divers sounds m&?;&?;&?;ing.

Bacon.

Apple of discord. See under Apple.

Syn. -- Variance; difference; opposition; contrariety; clashing; dissension; contention; strife; disagreement; dissonance.

Dis*cord" (?), v. i. [OE. discorden, descorden, from the French. See Discord, n.] To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit. [Obs.]

The one discording with the other.

Bacon.

Dis*cord"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. OF. descordable.] That may produce discord; disagreeing; discordant. [R.] Halliwell.

{ Dis*cord"ance (?), Dis*cord"an*cy (?), } n. [Cf. F. discordance.] State or quality of being discordant; disagreement; inconsistency.

There will arise a thousand discordances of opinion.

I. Taylor.

Dis*cord"ant (?), a. [OE. discordant, descordaunt, OF. descordant, discordant, F. discordant, p. pr. of discorder, OF. also, descorder. See Discord, n.] 1. Disagreeing; incongruous; being at variance; clashing; opposing; not harmonious.

The discordant elements out of which the emperor had compounded his realm did not coalesce.

Motley.

2. [See Discord, n., 2.] (Mus.) Dissonant; not in harmony or musical concord; harsh; jarring; as, discordant notes or sounds.

For still their music seemed to start Discordant echoes in each heart.

Longfellow.

3. (Geol.) Said of strata which lack conformity in direction of bedding, either as in unconformability, or as caused by a fault.

Syn. -- Disagreeing; incongruous; contradictory; repugnant; opposite; contrary; inconsistent; dissonant; harsh; jarring; irreconcilable.

-- Dis*cord"ant*ly, adv. -- Dis*cord"ant*ness, n. [R.]

Dis*cord"ful (?), a. Full of discord; contentious. [Obs.] "His discordful dame." Spenser.

Dis*cord"ous (?), a. Full of discord. [Obs.]

Dis*cor"po*rate (?), a. Deprived of the privileges or form of a body corporate. [Obs.] Jas. II.

Dis*cor`re*spond"ent (?), a. Incongruous. W. Montagu.

Dis*cost" (?), v. i. Same as Discoast. [Obs.]

Dis*coun"sel (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + counsel: cf. OF. desconseiller.] To dissuade. [Obs.] Spenser.

Dis"count` (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Discounting.] [OF. desconter, descompter, to deduct, F. décompter to discount; pref. des- (L. dis-) + conter, compter. See Count, v.] 1. To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.