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Consistence vs Adherence - What's the difference?

consistence | adherence |

As nouns the difference between consistence and adherence

is that consistence is (archaic) the physical quality which is given by the degree of firmness, solidity, density, and viscosity; consistency while adherence is adherence.

consistence

English

Noun

  • (archaic) The physical quality which is given by the degree of firmness, solidity, density, and viscosity; consistency.
  • * Arbuthnot
  • Let the expressed juices be boiled into the consistence of a sirup.
  • The staying together, or remaining in close relation, of non-physical things.
  • Her performance has lacked consistence over the last year.
    This composer's musical work is of extraordinary consistence .
  • (obsolete) Standing still; quiescence; state of rest.
  • (obsolete) The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • Water, being divided, maketh many circles, till it restore itself to the natural consistence .
  • * Jeremy Taylor
  • We are as water, weak, and of no consistence .
  • (obsolete) That which stands together as a united whole; a combination.
  • * Milton
  • The church of God, as meaning whole consistence of orders and members.

    adherence

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

  • A close physical union of two objects.
  • Faithful support for some cause.
  • (medicine) An extent to which a patient continues an agreed treatment plan.
  • See also

    * compliance