Coincide vs Concede - What's the difference?
coincide | concede |
To occupy exactly the same space.
To occur at the same time.
To correspond, concur, or agree.
To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question.
To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
To admit to be true; to acknowledge.
To yield or make concession.
(sports) To have a goal or point scored against
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(cricket) (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.
As verbs the difference between coincide and concede
is that coincide is to occupy exactly the same space while concede is to yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question.coincide
English
Verb
- The two squares coincide nicely.
- The conference will coincide with his vacation.
- Our ideas coincide , except in certain areas.
Derived terms
* coincident * coincidenceSee also
* incident * accident * simultaneous ----concede
English
Verb
(conced)- He conceded the race once it was clear he could not win.
- Kendall conceded defeat once she realized she could not win in a battle of wits.
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