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Quarrel and Discord Definitions

Quarrel

An interaction in which the parties involved express angry disagreement with one another
I changed the subject to avoid being drawn into a quarrel.

Discord

Lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things.

Quarrel

A reason for a dispute or argument
We have no quarrel with the findings of the committee.

Discord

Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.

Quarrel

A bolt for a crossbow.
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Discord

A confused or harsh sound or mingling of sounds.

Quarrel

A tool, such as a stonemason's chisel, that has a squared head.

Discord

(Music) An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.

Quarrel

A small diamond-shaped or square pane of glass in a latticed window.

Discord

To fail to agree or harmonize; clash.
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Quarrel

To express angry disagreement; engage in a quarrel
The children quarreled over the last piece of cake.

Discord

Lack of concord, agreement or harmony.

Quarrel

To find fault or disagree
I quarrel with your conclusions.

Discord

Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.

Quarrel

(countable) A dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal).
We got into a silly quarrel about what food to order.

Discord

(music) An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.

Quarrel

(countable) Often preceded by a form of to have: a basis or ground of dispute or objection; a complaint; also, a feeling or situation of ill will and unhappiness caused by this.
A few customers in the shop had some quarrels with us, so we called for the manager.
I have no quarrel with her; it’s her partner whom I dislike.

Discord

Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.

Quarrel

A propensity to quarrel; quarrelsomeness.

Discord

To disagree; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash.

Quarrel

An arrow or bolt for a crossbow or an type]] of crossbow, traditionally with the head square in its cross section.

Discord

To untie things which are connected by a cord.

Quarrel

A diamond- or square-shaped piece of glass forming part of a lattice window.

Discord

Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; - applied to persons or to things, and to thoughts, feelings, or purposes.
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire.

Quarrel

A square tile; a quarry tile; (uncountable) such tiles collectively.

Discord

Union of musical sounds which strikes the ear harshly or disagreeably, owing to the incommensurability of the vibrations which they produce; want of musical concord or harmony; a chord demanding resolution into a concord.
For a discord itself is but a harshness of divers sounds m ing.

Quarrel

A cutting tool or chisel with a diamond- or square-shaped end.

Discord

To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit.
The one discording with the other.

Quarrel

A small square-shaped opening in window tracery.

Discord

Lack of agreement or harmony

Quarrel

To argue fiercely; to contend; to squabble; to cease to be on friendly terms, to fall out.

Discord

Disagreement among those expected to cooperate

Quarrel

(intransitive) To find fault; to cavil.
To quarrel with one’s lot

Discord

A harsh mixture of sounds

Quarrel

Followed by at: to disagree with; to take offence.

Discord

Strife resulting from a lack of agreement

Quarrel

To argue or squabble with (someone).

Discord

Be different from one another

Quarrel

An arrow for a crossbow; - so named because it commonly had a square head.
To shoot with arrows and quarrel.
Two arblasts, . . . with windlaces and quarrels.

Quarrel

Any small square or quadrangular member

Quarrel

A glazier's diamond.

Quarrel

A four-sided cutting tool or chisel having a diamond-shaped end.

Quarrel

A breach of concord, amity, or obligation; a falling out; a difference; a disagreement; an antagonism in opinion, feeling, or conduct; esp., an angry dispute, contest, or strife; a brawl; an altercation; as, he had a quarrel with his father about expenses.
I will bring a sword upon you that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant.
On open seas their quarrels they debate.

Quarrel

Ground of objection, dislike, difference, or hostility; cause of dispute or contest; occasion of altercation.
Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him.
No man hath any quarrel to me.
He thought he had a good quarrel to attack him.

Quarrel

Earnest desire or longing.

Quarrel

One who quarrels or wrangles; one who is quarrelsome.

Quarrel

To violate concord or agreement; to have a difference; to fall out; to be or become antagonistic.
Our people quarrel with obedience.
But some defect in herDid quarrel with the noblest grace she owed.

Quarrel

To dispute angrily, or violently; to wrangle; to scold; to altercate; to contend; to fight.
Beasts called sociable quarrel in hunger and lust.

Quarrel

To find fault; to cavil; as, to quarrel with one's lot.
I will not quarrel with a slight mistake.

Quarrel

To quarrel with.

Quarrel

To compel by a quarrel; as, to quarrel a man out of his estate or rights.

Quarrel

An angry dispute;
They had a quarrel
They had words

Quarrel

An arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges

Quarrel

Have a disagreement over something;
We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America
These tewo fellows are always scrapping over something

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