Friday 28 August 2015

According to Google: Dissonance (From Search)

dis·so·nance
ˈdisənəns/
noun
MUSIC
noun: dissonance; plural noun: dissonances
  1. lack of harmony among musical notes.
    "an unusual degree of dissonance for such choral styles"
    • a tension or clash resulting from the combination of two disharmonious or unsuitable elements.
      "dissonance between campaign rhetoric and personal behavior"
Origin
late Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin dissonantia, from Latin dissonant-‘not agreeing in sound,’ from the verb dissonare .