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discordance

discordance noun: a state of being discordant; disagreement, inconsistency.

Noun

discordance (countable and uncountable, plural discordances)

  1. A state of being discordant; disagreement, inconsistency.
    • There will arise a thousand discordances of opinion.1832, [Isaac Taylor], chapter XVIII, in Saturday Evening. […], London: Holdsworth and Ball, →OCLC
    • To talk nonsense, or poetry, or the dash between the two, in a tone of profound sincerity, and to enunciate solemn discordances with received opinion so seriously as to convey the impression of a spiritual insight, is the peculiar gift by which monomaniacs, having first persuaded themselves...1859, George Meredith, chapter 15, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC
  2. Discordance of sounds; dissonance.
  3. The presence of a specific genetic trait in only one of a set of clones (or identical twins).

discordance meaning in Hindi

discordance in Hindi

discordance, disagreement, schism
मतभेद matbhed

Forms of discordance

pluraldiscordances
alternative formdiscordaunce

Origin of discordance

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

Words formed from discordance

Questions about discordance

What does discordance mean?
Discordance means a state of being discordant; disagreement, inconsistency.
What is discordance in Hindi?
Discordance in Hindi is मतभेद (matbhed). See Discordance meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is discordance?
Discordance is a noun.
What is the plural of discordance?
The plural of discordance is discordances.

Words near discordance in the dictionary

  1. discophorous
  2. discord
  3. Discord kitten
  4. Discord kittens
  5. discordable
  6. discordance
  7. discordances
  8. discordancies
  9. discordancy
  10. discordant
  11. discordantly

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