Cohesion vs Tie - What's the difference?
cohesion | tie |
State of cohering, or of working together.
(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.
A knot; a fastening.
A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.
The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.
A strong connection between people or groups of people; a bond.
* Young
(construction) A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
(rail transport, US) A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.
(cricket) The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different to a draw).
(sports, British) A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
(music) A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes (not to be confused with a slur).
(statistics) One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
(surveying) A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
(graph theory) connection between two vertices.
To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.
To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.
* Fairfax
To secure (something) by string or the like.
* Dryden
(transitive, or, intransitive) To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.
(US) To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.
(music) To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.
As nouns the difference between cohesion and tie
is that cohesion is cohesion (the state of cohering, or of sticking together) while tie is key.cohesion
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(en-noun)- Unit cohesion is important in the military.
Antonyms
* adhesion * (computing) couplingReferences
*tie
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- (Young)
- It's two outs in the bottom of the ninth, tie score.
- the sacred ties''' of friendship or of duty; the '''ties of allegiance
- No distance breaks the tie of blood.
- Ties work to maintain structural integrity in windstorms and earthquakes.
- The FA Cup third round tie between Liverpool and Cardiff was their first meeting in the competition since 1957.
Usage notes
* In cricket, a tie'' and a ''draw are not the same. See .Synonyms
* (situation where one or more participants in a competition are placed equally) draw * (horizontal member that supports railway lines) sleeper (British)Etymology 2
From (etyl) , (m).Verb
- Tie this rope in a knot for me, please.
- Tie the rope to this tree.
- Tie a knot in this rope for me, please.
- Tie him to the tree.
- In bond of virtuous love together tied .
- Tie your shoes.
- Not tied to rules of policy, you find / Revenge less sweet than a forgiving mind.
- They tied for third place.
- They tied the game.
- He tied me for third place.