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Cohesion vs Harmony - What's the difference?

cohesion | harmony |

As nouns the difference between cohesion and harmony

is that cohesion is state of cohering, or of working together while harmony is agreement or accord.

As a proper noun Harmony is

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cohesion

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • State of cohering, or of working together.
  • Unit cohesion is important in the military.
  • (physics, chemistry) Various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together.
  • (biology) Growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant.
  • (computing) Degree to which different modules in a computing system are functionally dependent on others.
  • (linguistics) Grammatical or lexical relationship between different parts of the same text.
  • Antonyms

    * adhesion * (computing) coupling

    References

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    harmony

    Noun

    (harmonies)
  • Agreement or accord.
  • * America's social harmony has depended at least to some degree on economic growth. It is easier to get along when everyone, more or less, is getting ahead.'' — , '' Why It’s Time to Worry , Newsweek 2010-12-04
  • A pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds.
  • (music) The academic study of chords.
  • (music) Two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord.
  • (music) The relationship between two distinct musical pitches (musical pitches being frequencies of vibration which produce audible sound) played simultaneously.
  • A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency.
  • a harmony of the Gospels