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Concord vs Consonance - What's the difference?

concord | consonance |

As nouns the difference between concord and consonance

is that concord is a state of agreement; harmony; union while consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels as in assonance.

As a verb concord

is to agree; to act together.

As a proper noun Concord

is the state capital of New Hampshire.

concord

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) concorde'', Latin ''concordia'', from . See heart, and compare accord

Noun

(en noun)
  • A state of agreement; harmony; union.
  • * Love quarrels oft in pleasing concord end. -
  • (obsolete) Agreement by stipulation; compact; covenant; treaty or league
  • * The concord made between Henry and Roderick. -
  • (grammar) Agreement of words with one another, in gender, number, person, or case.
  • (legal, obsolete) An agreement between the parties to a fine of land in reference to the manner in which it should pass, being an acknowledgment that the land in question belonged to the complainant. See fine.
    • (Burrill)
  • (probably influenced by chord, music) An agreeable combination of tones simultaneously heard; a consonant chord; consonance; harmony.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A variety of American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters.

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To agree; to act together
    • (Edward Hyde Clarendon)

    consonance

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (prosody) The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels as in assonance.
  • (chiefly, music) harmony; agreement; lack of discordance
  • * Tyndall
    • The optic nerve responds to the waves with which it is in consonance .

    Antonyms

    * dissonance * discordance

    References

    * Lakefield College School Key Literary Terms