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Discord
Definitions
- 1 An instant messaging and VoIP social platform which allows communication through voice calls, video calls, text messaging, and media. Internet
- 1 Lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord. countable, uncountable
"A false witnesse that speaketh lies; and him that soweth discord among brethren."
- 2 A Discord server. informal
"“I definitely looked at that [the FSU Holy Trinity Discord server] and I looked at other Discord servers that I made in the past. I wanted to see what channels worked. … But by looking at other FSU Discords on campus, I was able to get inspiration from that,” she [Sarah Sagan] said."
- 3 strife resulting from a lack of agreement wordnet
- 4 Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension. countable, uncountable
- 5 A Discord account. informal
"Most days, she falls asleep with her Discord on; while some days, she barely even sleeps at all."
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- 6 a harsh mixture of sounds wordnet
- 7 Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds. countable, uncountable
"[…] For a Diſcord it ſelfe is but a Harſhneſſe of Diuers Sounds Meeting."
- 8 disagreement among those expected to cooperate wordnet
- 9 An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance. countable, uncountable
- 10 lack of agreement or harmony wordnet
- 1 To disagree; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash. archaic, intransitive
"[…] Sometimes the one Iarring and diſcording with the other, and making a Confuſion; […]"
- 2 To untie things which are connected by a cord. rare, transitive
- 3 be different from one another wordnet
Etymology
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, cordis (“heart”). Verb derives from Middle English discorden, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descorder, from Latin discordāre, from discord-, as above.
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, cordis (“heart”). Verb derives from Middle English discorden, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descorder, from Latin discordāre, from discord-, as above.
From dis- + cord (“tie, bind”).
See discord. Jason Citron, developer: “We picked the name because […] it just sounds cool and has to do with talking. […] [It] is easy to say, spell, remember, […] available for ™, and has a website you can get. […] we fell in love with the name”.
See discord. Jason Citron, developer: “We picked the name because […] it just sounds cool and has to do with talking. […] [It] is easy to say, spell, remember, […] available for ™, and has a website you can get. […] we fell in love with the name”.
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