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DIS-uh-n-uh-ns/ˈdɪsənəns/

Dissonance is a lack of harmony or agreement; in music, a clashing combination of notes: cognitive dissonance, a dissonance between story and cell. Clash is everyday; a lobby tale does not fill an empty n.

Meaning

A lack of harmony or agreement; in music, a clashing combination of notes.

Examples

• “Dissonance between the lobby story and the empty cell is a methods hole.”
• “Clash is everyday. Discord is the close twin. A story is talk. A cell is a count. Put the number in; then tell the story if it still matches the file.”

Good to know

Clash; lack of agreement (also in music). Everyday: clash. A lobby story ≠ a filled n.

Near in meaning

clash, discord, incongruity

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