Cacophony vs. Dissonance — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Cacophony and Dissonance
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Cacophony
A harsh discordant mixture of sounds
A cacophony of deafening alarm bells
Dissonance
Lack of harmony among musical notes
A session full of jangling dissonances
An unusual degree of dissonance for such choral styles
Cacophony
Jarring, discordant sound; dissonance
Heard a cacophony of horns during the traffic jam.
Dissonance
A harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds; discord.
Cacophony
The use of harsh or discordant sounds in literary composition, as for poetic effect.
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Dissonance
Lack of agreement, consistency, or harmony; conflict
"In Vietnam, reality fell away and dissonance between claim and fact filled the void" (Michael Janeway).
Cacophony
A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.
Dissonance
(Music) A combination of tones contextually considered to suggest unrelieved tension and require resolution.
Cacophony
An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables.
Dissonance
A harsh, discordant combination of sounds.
Cacophony
A combination of discordant sounds.
Dissonance
(music) Conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding.
Cacophony
An unhealthy state of the voice.
Dissonance
A state of disagreement or conflict.
Cacophony
A loud harsh or strident noise
Dissonance
(countable) An instance of disharmony or disjunction; a clash.
Cacophony
Loud confusing disagreeable sounds
Dissonance
A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord.
Filled the air with barbarous dissonance.
Dissonance
Want of agreement; incongruity.
Dissonance
A conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
Dissonance
The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience;
Modern music is just noise to me
Dissonance
Disagreeable sounds
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