different between consistent vs consistence

English

Etymology

From Latin consistens, present participle of c?nsist? (“to agree with; to continue”), from con- (“prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?óm (“beside, by, near, with”)) + sist? (“to cause to stand; to place, set”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh?ti (“to be standing up; to be getting up”), from the root *steh?- (“to stand (up)”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?s?st?nt/
• Hyphenation: con?sist?ent

Adjective

consistent (comparative more consistent, superlative most consistent)

1. Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature. [from late 16th c. in the obsolete sense ‘consisting of’]
2. Compatible, accordant.
3. (logic) Of a set of statements: such that no contradiction logically follows from them.

Antonyms

• contradictory
• incompatible
• inconsistent

Derived terms

• consistent life ethic

Related terms

• consist
• consistence
• consistency
• inconsistent

Translations

Noun

consistent (plural consistents)

1. (in the plural, rare) Objects or facts that are coexistent, or in agreement with one another.
3. (Eastern Orthodoxy, historical) A kind of penitent who was allowed to assist at prayers, but was not permitted to receive the holy sacraments.

Hypernyms

• (kind of penitent): penitent

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “consistent”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Further reading

• consistency on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• centonists

Catalan

Adjective

consistent (masculine and feminine plural consistents)

1. consistent

Derived terms

• consistentment
• inconsistent

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?nsist?ns or French consistant (with vowel adaptation to Latin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?n.si?st?nt/, /?k?n.s??st?nt/
• Hyphenation: con?sis?tent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

consistent (comparative consistenter, superlative consistentst)

1. consistent, coherent

Inflection

Derived terms

• consistentie

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: konsisten

References

French

Verb

consistent

1. third-person plural present indicative of consister
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of consister

Latin

Verb

c?nsistent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of c?nsist?

Romanian

Etymology

From French consistant.

Adjective

consistent m or n (feminine singular consistent?, masculine plural consisten?i, feminine and neuter plural consistente)

1. solid
2. consistent

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle French. Compare French consistance.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?n?s?st(?)ns/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?n?s?st?ns/

Noun

consistence (countable and uncountable, plural consistences)

1. (archaic) The physical quality which is given by the degree of firmness, solidity, density, and viscosity; consistency.
   • 1730, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments

     If they [expressed juices] be boiled into the Consistence of a Syrup.

2. The staying together, or remaining in close relation, of non-physical things.

   Her performance has lacked consistence over the last year.

   This composer's musical work is of extraordinary consistence.

3. (obsolete) Standing still; quiescence; state of rest.
4. (obsolete) The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity.
   • 1673, Jeremy Taylor, Heniaytos: A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year […] , "A Funeral Sermon"

     We are as water, weak, and of no consistence.

   • 1830, The Veterinarian

     When it was brought to the school it discharged from its right nostril, a whitish, viscid, clotty matter, which, although of little consistence, strongly adhered to the sides of the nostril.

5. Logical consistency; lack of self-contradiction.
6. (obsolete) That which stands together as a united whole; a combination.

Related terms

• consist
• consistency
• consistent

Translations