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Cogent vs Coherence - What's the difference?

cogent | coherence |

As an adjective cogent

is reasonable and convincing; based on evidence.

As a noun coherence is

quality of cohering; of being coherent; internal consistency.

cogent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence.
  • Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning.
  • Forcefully persuasive.
    • She presented a cogent argument, convincing her audience of the truth of her proposition.

    Derived terms

    * cogency

    coherence

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Quality of cohering; of being coherent; internal consistency.
  • a logical arrangement of parts
    • ''His arguments lacked coherence .
  • (physics, of waves) the property of having the same wavelength and phase.
  • (linguistics) Semantic relationship between different parts of the same text.

    • Antonyms

    * incoherence

    Related terms

    * cohesion

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