different between cohesion vs comprehension

English

Alternative forms

• cohæsion (archaic)

Etymology

Attested from the late 17th century, borrowed from French cohésion, from Latin cohaesi?, cohaesi?nem.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ko??hi??n/
• Rhymes: -i???n

Noun

cohesion (usually uncountable, plural cohesions)

1. State of cohering, or of working together.

2. (physics, chemistry) Various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together.
3. (biology) Growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant.
4. (software engineering) Degree to which functionally related elements in a system belong together.

   Coordinate term: coupling
5. (linguistics) Grammatical or lexical relationship between different parts of the same text.

Antonyms

• adhesion

Related terms

• coherence

Translations

References

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French compréhension, from Latin comprehensi? (“taking together”), from com- (“with, together”) +? prehend? (“take”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k?mp???h?n?n?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k?mp???h?n?n?/

Noun

comprehension (countable and uncountable, plural comprehensions)

1. thorough understanding
2. (logic) The totality of intensions, that is, attributes, characters, marks, properties, or qualities, that the object possesses, or else the totality of intensions that are pertinent to the context of a given discussion.
3. (programming) A compact syntax for generating a list in some functional programming languages.
4. (Christianity) The inclusion of nonconformists within the Church of England.

Synonyms

• understanding

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