disagreement

Definition

  • noun: failure to agree
  • noun: the act of 'disagreeing'
  • synonyms: diversity, dispute, variance

Examples

  • There's considerable 'disagreement' between the descriptions given by the two witnesses. [=the two descriptions do not agree/match]

  • He has expressed 'disagreement' [=he has said that he disagrees] with some aspects of the proposal.

  • We've had a number of serious 'disagreements' [='disputes', 'arguments'] over the years.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Come on! What's the matter with you tonight? Yes, perhaps that was it. Perhaps he was ill. Unless, of course, he had disagreements. - I mean, with government policy. - GRANDPA: One hears of such men. Disturbed, most of them, or just plain cowards. FATHER: Even so, all of them traitors. (..)
    2008 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas