discordant
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adjective
- Not in accord or harmony; conflicting, incompatible.
- Not in accord or harmony; conflicting, incompatible: Of people: disagreeing with each other; dissenting, quarrelsome.
- Not in accord or harmony; conflicting, incompatible: Of sounds: harsh, jarring; specifically (music), of musical notes or tunes: not in harmony; dissonant, inharmonious.
- Of a rock formation or other land feature, or its alignment: cutting across or transverse to neighbouring features.
- Of a rock formation or other land feature, or its alignment: cutting across or transverse to neighbouring features: Of a coastline: having bands of different types of rock running transversely to the coast, leading to the formation of alternating bays and headlands.
- Of two similar subjects, especially twins: differing in some characteristic.
- Ellipsis of serodiscordant (“of a couple: with one partner HIV positive and the other HIV negative”).
- Of figures, etc.: having opposite signs (for example, positive and negative).
Noun
- A thing which is not in accord or harmony with one or more other things.
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