different between discord vs dislike

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English

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 discord?re, from discord-, as above.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?sk??d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?sk??d/

Noun

discord (countable and uncountable, plural discords)

1. Lack of concord, agreement or harmony.

   • A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

   • 1775, Edmund Burke, Conciliation with America

     Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire.

2. Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
3. (music) An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.
4. Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.

Derived terms

• apple of discord

Related terms

• discordant
• Discordianism

Translations

Pronunciation 2

• (General American) IPA^(key): /d?s?k??d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d?s?k??d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d

Verb

discord (third-person singular simple present discords, present participle discording, simple past and past participle discorded)

1. (intransitive, archaic) To disagree; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash.
2. (transistive, rare) To untie things which are connected by a cord.

English

Etymology

From dis- +? like.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?s?la?k/, /?d?sla?k/
• Rhymes: -a?k

Noun

dislike (plural dislikes)

1. An attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.
2. (usually in the plural) Something that a person dislikes (has or feels aversion to).

   Tell me your likes and dislikes.

3. (Internet) An individual vote showing disapproval of, or lack of support for, something posted on the Internet.

Translations

Verb

dislike (third-person singular simple present dislikes, present participle disliking, simple past and past participle disliked)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To displease; to offend. (In third-person only.) [16th-19th c.]
2. (transitive) To have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like. [from 16th c.]
3. (Internet) To leave a vote to show disapproval of, or lack of support for, something posted on the Internet.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs
• This is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs

Synonyms

• mislike
• hate
• disrecommend

Antonyms

• like

Translations

See also

• abhor
• despise
• detest
• hate
• loathe