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Discord vs. Quarrel

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Discordnoun

Lack of concord, agreement or harmony.

Quarrelnoun

A dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal).

‘We got into a silly quarrel about what food to order.’;

Discordnoun

Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.

Quarrelnoun

Often preceded by a form of to have: a basis or ground of dispute or objection; a complaint; also, a feeling or situation of ill will and unhappiness caused by this.

‘A few customers in the shop had some quarrels with us, so we called for the manager.’; ‘I have no quarrel with her; it’s her partner whom I dislike.’;

Discordnoun

(music) An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.

Quarrelnoun

(rare) A propensity to quarrel; quarrelsomeness.

Discordnoun

Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.

Quarrelnoun

An arrow or bolt for a crossbow or an type]] of crossbow, traditionally with the head square in its cross section.

Discordverb

To disagree; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash.

Quarrelnoun

A diamond- or square-shaped piece of glass forming part of a lattice window.

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.’;

Quarrelnoun

A square tile; a quarry tile; (uncountable) such tiles collectively.

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.’;

Quarrelnoun

A cutting tool or chisel with a diamond- or square-shaped end.

Discordverb

To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit.

‘The one discording with the other.’;

Quarrelnoun

A small square-shaped opening in window tracery.

Discordnoun

lack of agreement or harmony

Quarrelverb

To argue fiercely; to contend; to squabble; to cease to be on friendly terms, to fall out.

Discordnoun

disagreement among those expected to cooperate

Quarrelverb

(intransitive) To find fault; to cavil.

‘to quarrel with one’s lot’;

Discordnoun

a harsh mixture of sounds

Quarrelverb

Followed by at: to disagree with; to take offence.

Discordnoun

strife resulting from a lack of agreement

Quarrelverb

To argue or squabble with (someone).

Discordverb

be different from one another

Quarrelnoun

An arrow for a crossbow; - so named because it commonly had a square head.

‘To shoot with arrows and quarrel.’; ‘Two arblasts, . . . with windlaces and quarrels.’;

Quarrelnoun

Any small square or quadrangular member

Quarrelnoun

A glazier's diamond.

Quarrelnoun

A four-sided cutting tool or chisel having a diamond-shaped end.

Quarrelnoun

A breach of concord, amity, or obligation; a falling out; a difference; a disagreement; an antagonism in opinion, feeling, or conduct; esp., an angry dispute, contest, or strife; a brawl; an altercation; as, he had a quarrel with his father about expenses.

‘I will bring a sword upon you that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant.’; ‘On open seas their quarrels they debate.’;

Quarrelnoun

Ground of objection, dislike, difference, or hostility; cause of dispute or contest; occasion of altercation.

‘Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him.’; ‘No man hath any quarrel to me.’; ‘He thought he had a good quarrel to attack him.’;

Quarrelnoun

Earnest desire or longing.

Quarrelnoun

One who quarrels or wrangles; one who is quarrelsome.

Quarrelverb

To violate concord or agreement; to have a difference; to fall out; to be or become antagonistic.

‘Our people quarrel with obedience.’; ‘But some defect in herDid quarrel with the noblest grace she owed.’;

Quarrelverb

To dispute angrily, or violently; to wrangle; to scold; to altercate; to contend; to fight.

‘Beasts called sociable quarrel in hunger and lust.’;

Quarrelverb

To find fault; to cavil; as, to quarrel with one's lot.

‘I will not quarrel with a slight mistake.’;

Quarrelverb

To quarrel with.

Quarrelverb

To compel by a quarrel; as, to quarrel a man out of his estate or rights.

Quarrelnoun

an angry dispute;

‘they had a quarrel’; ‘they had words’;

Quarrelnoun

an arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges

Quarrelverb

have a disagreement over something;

‘We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America’; ‘These tewo fellows are always scrapping over something’;

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