Discord vs. Harmony
Discordnoun
Lack of concord, agreement or harmony.
Harmonynoun
Agreement or accord.
Discordnoun
Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
Harmonynoun
A pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds.
Discordnoun
(music) An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.
Harmonynoun
(music) The academic study of chords.
Discordnoun
Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.
Harmonynoun
(music) Two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord.
Discordverb
To disagree; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash.
Harmonynoun
(music) The relationship between two distinct musical pitches (musical pitches being frequencies of vibration which produce audible sound) played simultaneously.
Discordnoun
Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; - applied to persons or to things, and to thoughts, feelings, or purposes.
‘A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.’; ‘Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire.’;
Harmonynoun
A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency.
‘a harmony of the Gospels’;
Discordnoun
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; a chord demanding resolution into a concord.
‘For a discord itself is but a harshness of divers sounds m ing.’;
Harmonynoun
The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in things intended to form a connected whole; such an agreement between the different parts of a design or composition as to produce unity of effect; as, the harmony of the universe.
Discordverb
To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit.
‘The one discording with the other.’;
Harmonynoun
Concord or agreement in facts, opinions, manners, interests, etc.; good correspondence; peace and friendship; as, good citizens live in harmony.
Discordnoun
lack of agreement or harmony
Harmonynoun
A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency; as, a harmony of the Gospels.
Discordnoun
disagreement among those expected to cooperate
Harmonynoun
A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation.
‘Ten thousand harps, that tunedAngelic harmonies.’;
Discordnoun
a harsh mixture of sounds
Harmonynoun
See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic.
Discordnoun
strife resulting from a lack of agreement
Harmonynoun
compatibility in opinion and action
Discordverb
be different from one another
Harmonynoun
the structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords
Harmonynoun
a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
Harmonynoun
agreement of opinions
Harmonynoun
an agreeable sound property
Harmony
Harmony, in music, is the process by which the composition of individual sounds, or superpositions of sounds, is analysed by hearing. Usually, this means simultaneously occurring frequencies, pitches (tones, notes), or chords.Harmony is a perceptual property of music, and along with melody, one of the building blocks of Western music.
