different between harrowing vs concordant

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?hæ???i?/

Verb

harrowing

1. present participle of harrow

Adjective

harrowing (comparative more harrowing, superlative most harrowing)

1. Causing pain or distress.
   • 2006, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: Killer Smile, Dark Horse Books, cover text

     Harrowing journeys down the dark roads of anger, violence, and madness

Translations

Noun

harrowing (plural harrowings)

1. The process of breaking up earth with a harrow.

   The field received two harrowings.

2. Suffering, torment.
3. Christ's triumphal descent into Hell.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• concordaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

French concordant, from Latin concordans, present participle of concordare. See concord.

Adjective

concordant (comparative more concordant, superlative most concordant)

1. Agreeing or harmonious; consistent (with).

   Synonyms: consonant, in keeping with

   • 1918, Jagdish Chandra Bose, Life Movement in Plants

     Even in the case of direct effect, different factors, such as light, temperature, turgor, and so on, are undergoing independent variations; it may thus happen that their reactions may sometimes be concordant and at other times discordant.

   • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica

     Were every one employed in points concordant to their natures, professions, and arts, commonwealths would rise up of themselves.

2. (geology) Intruding parallel to the bedding.
3. (mathematics) Preserving the sign.

Antonyms

• discordant
• nonconcordant

Translations

French

Verb

concordant

1. present participle of concorder

Adjective

concordant (feminine singular concordante, masculine plural concordants, feminine plural concordantes)

1. concordant

Further reading

• “concordant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French concordant.

Adjective

concordant m or n (feminine singular concordant?, masculine plural concordan?i, feminine and neuter plural concordante)

1. concordant

Declension