different between concord vs pact

English

Etymology 1

From French concorde, Latin concordia, from concors (“of the same mind, agreeing”); con- + cor, cordis (“heart”). See heart, and compare accord.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?n.k??d/, /?k??.k??d/

Noun

concord (countable and uncountable, plural concords)

1. A state of agreement; harmony; union.
2. (obsolete) Agreement by stipulation; compact; covenant; treaty or league
   • 1612, Sir John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued

     the concord made between King Henry II and Roderick O'Connor

3. (grammar) Agreement of words with one another, in gender, number, person or case.
4. (law, obsolete) An agreement between the parties to a fine of land in reference to the manner in which it should pass, being an acknowledgment that the land in question belonged to the complainant. See fine.

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5. (probably influenced by chord, music) An agreeable combination of tones simultaneously heard; a consonant chord; consonance; harmony.

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

After Concord, Massachusetts, where the variety was developed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?n.k??d/

Noun

concord (plural concords)

1. A variety of sweet American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters; a Concord grape.

Etymology 3

From French concorder, from Latin concord?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?k??d/

Verb

concord (third-person singular simple present concords, present participle concording, simple past and past participle concorded)

1. (intransitive) To agree; to act together

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English

Etymology

From Middle French pacte, from Old French, from Latin pactum (“something agreed upon”), from paciscere (“to agree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pækt/
• Rhymes: -ækt
• Homophone: packed

Noun

pact (plural pacts)

1. An agreement; a compact; a covenant.
2. (international law) An agreement between two or more nations

Derived terms

• pactless
• sex pact
• suicide pact

Translations

Verb

pact (third-person singular simple present pacts, present participle pacting, simple past and past participle pacted)

1. (intransitive) To form a pact; to agree formally.
   • 1992, John Higley, Richard Gunther, Elites and Democratic Consolidation in Latin America and Southern Europe (page 129)

     When national elites pacted in Mexico, they pacted to the advantage of the elites as against the masses and also to the advantage of the center as against the provinces.

Further reading

• pact in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• pact in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• pact at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Capt, Capt., P.C.A.T., PCAT, PTCA, TCAP, capt

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

pact n (plural pacten, diminutive pactje n)

1. pact

Derived terms

• Warschaupact

Romanian

Etymology

From French pacte, from Latin pactum.

Noun

pact n (plural pacte)

1. pact

Declension