Consonance vs. Dissonance — What's the Difference?

Agreement; harmony; accord.

Lack of harmony among musical notes

Close correspondence of sounds.

A harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds; discord.

The repetition of consonants or of a consonant pattern, especially at the ends of words, as in blank and think or strong and string.

Lack of agreement, consistency, or harmony; conflict

(Music) A simultaneous combination of sounds not requiring resolution to another combination of sounds for finality of effect and conventionally regarded as harmonious or pleasing.

(Music) A combination of tones contextually considered to suggest unrelieved tension and require resolution.

(prosody) The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels as in assonance.

A harsh, discordant combination of sounds.

Harmony; agreement; lack of discordance.

(music) Conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding.

Accord or agreement of sounds produced simultaneously, as a note with its third, fifth, and eighth.

A state of disagreement or conflict.

Agreement or congruity; harmony; accord; consistency; suitableness.

(countable) An instance of disharmony or disjunction; a clash.

Friendship; concord.

A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord.

The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words

Want of agreement; incongruity.

The property of sounding harmonious

A conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters

The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience;

Disagreeable sounds