different between accordance vs concurrence

English

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) accordaunce

Etymology

• (compliance): First attested around 1300.
• (agreement): First attested in the early 14th century.
• accord +? -ance
• From Middle English accordaunce, from Old French acordance (“agreeing, reconciliation, harmony”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??k??.d?ns/

Noun

accordance (countable and uncountable, plural accordances)

1. Agreement; harmony; conformity; compliance.
2. The act of granting something.

Synonyms

• harmony, unison, coincidence

Translations

English

Etymology

From Old French concurrence.

Noun

concurrence (countable and uncountable, plural concurrences)

1. Agreement; concurring.
2. An instance of simultaneous occurrence.

Related terms

• concur

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.ky.???s/

Etymology 1

concurrent +? -ence

Noun

concurrence f (plural concurrences)

1. competition (action of competing)
2. concurrence (instance of simultaneous occurrence)

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Albanian: konkurrencë

Etymology 2

Verb

concurrence

1. first-person singular present indicative of concurrencer
2. third-person singular present indicative of concurrencer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of concurrencer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of concurrencer
5. second-person singular imperative of concurrencer

Further reading

• “concurrence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).