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Consonance vs Congruence - What's the difference?

consonance | congruence |

As nouns the difference between consonance and congruence

is that consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels as in assonance while congruence is the quality of agreeing or corresponding; being suitable and appropriate.

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

    congruence

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The quality of agreeing or corresponding; being suitable and appropriate.
  • (mathematics, number theory) a relation between two numbers indicating they give the same remainder when divided by some given number
  • (mathematics, geometry) being isometric — roughly, the same size and shape
  • (algebra) more generally: any (l) defined on an (l) which is preserved by defined by the structure
  • See also

    * residue

    Synonyms

    * congruency, congruity