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Cohesion vs Repellent - What's the difference?

cohesion | repellent |

As nouns the difference between cohesion and repellent

is that cohesion is cohesion (the state of cohering, or of sticking together) while repellent is someone who repels.

As an adjective repellent is

tending or able to repel; driving back.

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

    Related terms

    * coherence

    References

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    repellent

    English

    (wikipedia repellent)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • tending or able to repel; driving back
  • repulsive, inspiring aversion
  • * '>citation
  • resistant or impervious to something

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • someone who repels
  • a substance used to repel insects
  • a substance or treatment for a fabric etc to make it impervious to something