different between connection vs concord

English

Alternative forms

• connexion (UK, dated), connex. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Middle English conneccioun, connexioun, conneccyon, conneccion, from Latin connexionem (nominative connexio (“a conclusion, binding together”)), from connect?, an alternative spelling of c?nect? (“I bind together”), from compound of co- (“together”) and nect? (“I bind”)

In American English mid-18c., spelling shifted from connexion to connection (equivalent to connect +? -ion), thus making connexion British dated and connection in international use.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??n?k??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

connection (countable and uncountable, plural connections)

1. (uncountable) The act of connecting.
2. The point at which two or more things are connected.

   the connection between overeating and obesity

   My headache has no connection with me going out last night.
3. A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.

   As we were the only people in the room to laugh at the joke, I felt a connection between us.

4. An established communications or transportation link.

   computers linked by a network connection

   I was talking to him, but there was lightning and we lost the connection.

5. (transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service

   The bus was late so he missed his connection at Penn Station and had to wait six hours for the next train.

6. A kinship relationship between people.
7. An individual who is related to oneself, through either family or business.

   I have some connections in Lancashire.

8. (mathematics) A set of sets that contains the empty set, all one-element sets for any element that is included in any of the sets, and the union of any group of sets that are elements where the intersections of those sets is non-empty.
9. coherence; lack of disjointedness
10. (religion) The description for a Methodist denomination as a whole, as opposed to its constituent churches, circuits, districts and conferences.
11. sexual intercourse

Translations

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.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)

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

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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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