WordNet Dictionary- [n] strife resulting from a lack of agreement
- [n] a harsh mixture of sounds
Webster's 1913 Dictionary\Dis*cord"ance\, Discordancy \Dis*cord"an*cy\, n.
[Cf. F. discordance.]
State or quality of being discordant; disagreement;
inconsistency.
There will arise a thousand discordances of opinion.
--I. Taylor.