discordance.

1. A lack of agreement or correspondence between accounts, findings or features.

2. A harsh or jarring lack of harmony among sounds.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• discordance between findings
• diagnostic discordance

On the page

The discordance between reported confidence and actual performance required explanation.

Reviewers noted discordance between the conclusion and the evidence summarized in the paper.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable; plural discordances for distinct instances or kinds where appropriate. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, comparison, evaluation. Disciplines: argumentation, textual analysis. Commonness: moderately common.