Other forms: discords
Discord is disagreement, or a harsh clash of sounds. Sow discord, a note of discord, marital discord.
In music a discord is two notes that grate against each other, and composers use them on purpose: the whole shape of a piece comes from tension and its release. The Latin means hearts apart, which is exactly what the human sense describes.
1noundiscordDisagreement, or a harsh clash of sounds.
“Arguments over money caused discord within the family for years.”
discord is a disagreement.
Latin discordia means disagreement — dis, apart, plus cor, the heart. Concord is its opposite.
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱerd-
Latin
discordia
Old French
descort
Middle English
descorde
English, today
discord
Built from
Circa 1230, Middle English descorde, discorde; from Anglo-Norman -, Old French descort (derivative of descorder), descorde (“disagreement”); from Latin discordia, from discors (“disagreeing, disagreement”), from dis- (“apart”) + cor (“heart”). Verb derives from Middle English discorden, from Anglo-Norman -, Old French descorder, from Latin discordāre, from discord-, as above.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA