Coordination vs Harmony - What's the difference?
coordination | harmony |
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
Agreement or accord.
* America's social harmony has depended at least to some degree on economic growth. It is easier to get along when everyone, more or less, is getting ahead.'' — , ''
A pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds.
(music) The academic study of chords.
(music) Two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord.
(music) The relationship between two distinct musical pitches (musical pitches being frequencies of vibration which produce audible sound) played simultaneously.
A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency.
As nouns the difference between coordination and harmony
is that coordination is the act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect while harmony is agreement or accord.As a proper noun Harmony is
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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 coordinationharmony
English
(wikipedia harmony)Noun
(harmonies)Why It’s Time to Worry, Newsweek 2010-12-04
- a harmony of the Gospels