Coordination vs Coordinate - What's the difference?
coordination | coordinate |
the act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.
* 1919: Robert W. Chambers, In Secret
the resulting state of working together; cooperation; synchronization
* 1900: Irving Bacheller, Eben Holden, A Tale of the North Country
the ability to coordinate one's senses and physical movements in order to act skillfully.
(possibly archaic) the state of being equal in rank or power.
* c. 1833: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
(grammar) an equal joining together two or more phrases or clauses, for example, using and'', ''or'', or ''but .
(chemistry) The reaction of one or more ligands with a metal ion to form a coordination compound
Of the same rank; equal.
* Law
(mathematics, cartography) A number representing the position of a point along a line, arc, or similar one-dimensional figure.
Something that is equal to another thing.
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To synchronize (activities).
To match (objects, especially clothes).
Coordination is a derived term of coordinate.
As nouns the difference between coordination and coordinate
is that coordination is the act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect while coordinate is (mathematics|cartography) a number representing the position of a point along a line, arc, or similar one-dimensional figure.As a adjective coordinate is
of the same rank, equal.As a verb coordinate is
to synchronize (activities).coordination
English
(wikipedia coordination)Alternative forms
* co-ordination,Noun
(en-noun)- Then there's the State Service and the police and several other services. And there is no proper co-ordination , no single head for all these agencies.
- We stood dodging each other a moment with that unfortunate co-ordination of purpose men sometimes encounter when passing each other.
- I'm terrible at sports -- I have no coordination .
- There are two possible modes of unity in a State; one by absolute coordination of each to all, and of all to each; the other by subordination of classes and offices.
Antonyms
* incoordination * subordinationDerived terms
* coordination compound * coordination number * colour coordination, color coordination * hand-eye coordinationcoordinate
English
Alternative forms
* * co-ordinateAdjective
(-)- whether there was one Supreme Governor of the world, or many co-ordinate powers presiding over each country