demur vs harmony

demur

noun
  • An act of hesitation as to proceeding; a scruple; also, a suspension of action or decision; a pause, a stop. 

verb
  • To interpose a demurrer. 

  • To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair. 

  • To scruple or object; to take exception; to oppose; to balk 

harmony

noun
  • A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency. 

  • A pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds. 

  • The relationship between two distinct musical pitches (musical pitches being frequencies of vibration which produce audible sound) played simultaneously. 

  • The academic study of chords. 

  • Agreement or accord. 

  • Two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord. 

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