Discord

n. [Fr. discorde, Pr., Sp., Pg., It., & Lat. discordia, from Lat. discors, discordant, disagreeing, from dis and cor, cordis, heart.] 1. Want of concord or agreement; absence of harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; jarring;—applied to persons or things, to thoughts, feelings, or purposes. Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire. Burke. 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; dissonance. For a discord itself is but a harshness of divers sounds meeting. Bacon. Syn.—Variance; difference; opposition; dissension; contention; strife; clashing; dissonance.

v. i. [Fr. discorder, Sp. & Pg. discordar, It. discordàre, Pr. descordar, O. Fr. descorder, Lat. discordare, from discors. See supra.] To disagree; to jar; to clash; not to suit; not to be coincident. [Obs.] Bacon.