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Cohesion vs Integration - What's the difference?

cohesion | integration |

In biology terms the difference between cohesion and integration

is that cohesion is growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant while integration is in evolution, the process by which the manifold is compacted into the relatively simple and permanent; supposed to alternate with differentiation as an agent in species' development.

As nouns the difference between cohesion and integration

is that cohesion is state of cohering, or of working together while integration is the act or process of making whole or entire.

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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    integration

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of making whole or entire.
  • (society) The process of fitting into a community, notably applied to 'visible' (ethnic, immigrant...) minorities
  • (calculus) The operation of finding the of a function.
  • (biology) In evolution, the process by which the manifold is compacted into the relatively simple and permanent; supposed to alternate with differentiation as an agent in species' development.
  • Derived terms

    * integrationist * enterprise application integration * horizontal integration * indefinite integration * integral calculus * integration clause * racial integration * vertical integration * forward integration * backward integration

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