Consistent vs X - What's the difference?
consistent | x |
Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature.
Compatible, accordant.
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(logic) Of a set of statements, such that no contradiction logically follows from them.
(in the plural, rare) Objects or facts that are coexistent, or in agreement with one another.
* 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):
In the history of the Eastern Orthodox Church, a kind of penitent who was allowed to assist at prayers, but could not be admitted to receive the holy sacrament.
* 1885 Catholic Dictionary 651
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
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As an adjective consistent
is of a regularly occurring, dependable nature.As a noun consistent
is (in the plural|rare) objects or facts that are coexistent, or in agreement with one another.As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.consistent
English
(consistency)Adjective
(en adjective)- The consistent use of Chinglish in China can be very annoying, apart from some initial amusement.
- He is very consistent in his political choices: economy good or bad, he always votes Labour!
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Antonyms
* inconsistent * contradictoryNoun
(en noun)- The Diurnal motion of the primum mobile, is it not from East to West? And the annual motion of the Sun through the Ecliptick, is it not on the contrary from West to East? How then can you make these motions being conferred on the Earth ... to become consistents ?
- The consistentes stand together with the faithful, and do not go out with the catechumens.
