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Cooptation vs Coherence - What's the difference?

cooptation | coherence |

As nouns the difference between cooptation and coherence

is that cooptation is while coherence is coherence, consistence, consistency.

cooptation

English

Alternative forms

* * co-optation

Noun

(en noun)
  • A co-opting: a commandeering, appropriation, or taking over.
  • A co-opting: an absorption or assimilation.

    • Synonyms

    * (commandeering) cooption * cooption

    coherence

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Quality of cohering; of being coherent; internal consistency.
  • a logical arrangement of parts
    • ''His arguments lacked coherence .
  • (physics, of waves) the property of having the same wavelength and phase.
  • (linguistics) Semantic relationship between different parts of the same text.

    • Antonyms

    * incoherence

    Related terms

    * cohesion

    References

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