different between accord vs observance
accord
English
Etymology
- First attested in the late 13th century.
- From Middle English accorden, acorden, borrowed from Old French acorder (compare modern French accord and accorder), from Vulgar Latin *accord?, accord?re (“to be heart to heart with”), formed from Latin ad + cor (“heart”).
- The verb is first attested in early 12th century.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??k??d/
- (US) IPA(key): /??k??d/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d
Noun
accord (countable and uncountable, plural accords)
- Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action.
- 1769, The King James Bible - Oxford Standard Text, Acts 1:14
- These all continued with one accord in prayer.
- 1769, The King James Bible - Oxford Standard Text, Acts 1:14
- A harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord.
- Agreement or harmony of things in general.
- (law) An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit.
- (international law) An international agreement.
- (obsolete) Assent
- Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act.
Synonyms
- (concurrence of opinion): consent, assent
- (international agreement): treaty
Derived terms
- of one's own accord
- with one accord
Related terms
- chord
Translations
Verb
accord (third-person singular simple present accords, present participle according, simple past and past participle accorded)
- (transitive) To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.
- (transitive) To bring (people) to an agreement; to reconcile, settle, adjust or harmonize.
- (intransitive) To agree or correspond; to be in harmony; to be concordant.
- Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, […]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
- (intransitive) To agree in pitch and tone.
- (transitive, law) To grant as suitable or proper; to concede or award.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To give consent.
- (intransitive, archaic) To arrive at an agreement.
Translations
Derived terms
French
Etymology
Deverbal of accorder. Compare with Catalan acord.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.k??/
Noun
accord m (plural accords)
- chord
- agreement
- permission, consent
Derived terms
- accord parfait
- accorder
- d'accord
- d'un commun accord
- désaccord
Descendants
- ? Danish: akkord
- ? German: Akkord
- ? Norwegian Bokmål: akkord
- ? Norwegian Nynorsk: akkord
Further reading
- “accord” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- cocard
Norman
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
accord m (plural accords)
- (Jersey) agreement
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observance
English
Alternative forms
- observancy (obsolete)
- observaunce (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old French observance, from Latin observantia. Equivalent of observe +? -ance.
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: ?b-zûr?v?ns, IPA(key): /?b?z?v?ns/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?z??v?ns/
- Hyphenation: ob?ser?vance
Noun
observance (countable and uncountable, plural observances)
- The practice of complying with a law, custom, command or rule.
- The custom of celebrating a holiday or similar occasion.
- Observation or the act of watching.
- (religion) A rule governing a religious order, especially in the Roman Catholic church.
- That which is to be observed.
- Reverence; homage.
Antonyms
- misobservance
Derived terms
- hyperobservance
- misobservance
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p.s??.v??s/
Noun
observance f (plural observances)
- observance
Related terms
- observable
- observant
- observateur
- observer
References
- “observance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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