different between cohere vs cohesive

English

Alternative forms

• cohære (rare)

Etymology

From the Latin cohaere? (“I cohere, I cling (closely) together, I harmonise, I am consistent (with), I am in agreement with”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko??h??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Verb

cohere (third-person singular simple present coheres, present participle cohering, simple past and past participle cohered)

1. (intransitive) To stick together physically, by adhesion.
2. (intransitive, figuratively) To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose.

Related terms

• adhere
• coherence
• coherent
• cohesive
• inhere

Translations

Anagrams

• cheero, choree, echoer, re-echo, reecho

Latin

Verb

coh?r?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of coh?re?

English

Etymology

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Compare French cohésif.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??.hi?.s?v/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ko??hi?.s?v/

Adjective

cohesive (comparative more cohesive, superlative most cohesive)

1. Having cohesion.

Derived terms

• cohesively

Related terms

Translations

Noun

cohesive (plural cohesives)

1. A substance that provides cohesion

   • The thesaurus (Chapman, 1977) lists two pages of mechanical tools, two pages of joining functions, and a half page of adhesives, binders, and cohesives used to build or repair consumer goods.

   • Direct comparison meta-analysis showed that viscoadaptives lead to a lower loss in cell density compared with very low viscosity dispersives, and compared with super viscous cohesives.

2. (linguistics) A device used to establish cohesion within a text

   • The fourth of this group of cohesives is the anaphoric, same UT.

Anagrams

• ice shove