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Cohesiveness vs Cohesion - What's the difference?

cohesiveness | cohesion |

As nouns the difference between cohesiveness and cohesion

is that cohesiveness is the state of being cohesive while cohesion is state of cohering, or of working together.

cohesiveness

English

Noun

(-)
  • the state of being cohesive
  • 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

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