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discordances

discordances is the plural of discordance.

Meaning of discordance

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
  2. Discordance of sounds; dissonance.
  3. The presence of a specific genetic trait in only one of a set of clones (or identical twins).

Questions about discordances

What is discordances the plural of?
Discordances is the plural of discordance.

Words near discordances in the dictionary

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

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