different between coherence vs cohere

English

Alternative forms

• cohærence (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French coherence, from Latin cohaerentia.

Morphologically cohere +? -ence.

Noun

coherence (countable and uncountable, plural coherences)

1. The quality of cohering, or being coherent; internal consistency.

   His arguments lacked coherence.

2. A logical arrangement of parts, as in writing.
3. (physics, of waves) The property of having the same wavelength and phase.
4. (linguistics, translation studies) A semantic relationship between different parts of the same text.

Antonyms

• incoherence

Related terms

• cohesion

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “coherence”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Middle French

Noun

coherence f (uncountable)

1. coherence; quality of being internally consistent

Descendants

• English: coherence
• French: cohérence

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?