dis|cord|ance

dis|cord|ance
dis|cord|ance «dihs KR duhns», noun.
1. a discord of sounds. SYNONYM(S): dissonance.
2. disagreement: »

There was an ironical discordance between the inner history of the man and his apparent fortunes (Lytton Strachey).

SYNONYM(S): conflict.

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