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Incoherence vs Incoherency - What's the difference?

incoherence | incoherency | Synonyms |

Incoherency is a synonym of incoherence.



As nouns the difference between incoherence and incoherency

is that incoherence is the quality of being incoherent while incoherency is the quality of being incoherent; lack of coherence.

incoherence

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The quality of being incoherent.
    • (Boyle)
  • (countable) Something incoherent.
  • * John Locke
    • Incoherences in matter, and suppositions without proofs, put handsomely together, are apt to pass for strong reason.
  • * 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
    • This was strangely heightened at times by the ragged Elijah's diabolical incoherences uninvitedly recurring to me, with a subtle energy I could not have before conceived of.

    Antonyms

    * coherence

    incoherency

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The quality of being incoherent; lack of coherence.
  • That which is incoherent.
  • * South
    • Crude incoherencies and nauseous tautologies.

    Synonyms

    *incoherence