Incoherent vs Disjoint - What's the difference?
incoherent | disjoint |
Lacking coherence or agreement; incongruous; inconsistent; not logically connected.
Not physically coherent; loose; unconnected.
not smooth or continuous; disjointed
(set theory) (not used in the comparative or superlative ) Of two or more sets, having no members in common; having an intersection equal to the empty set.
To render ; to remove a connection, linkage, or intersection.
* Prior
* Longfellow
To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent.
To fall into pieces.
As adjectives the difference between incoherent and disjoint
is that incoherent is incoherent (not coherent) while disjoint is not smooth or continuous; disjointed.As a verb disjoint is
to render ; to remove a connection, linkage, or intersection.incoherent
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- The same rambling, incoherent manner. — Bishop Warburton.
- (Woodward)
Antonyms
* coherentdisjoint
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Antonyms
* non-disjoint * overlappingVerb
(en verb)- to disjoint''' limbs; to '''disjoint''' bones; to '''disjoint poultry by carving
- Yet what could swords or poisons, racks or flame, / But mangle and disjoint the brittle frame?
- Some half-ruined wall / Disjointed and about to fall.
- a disjointed speech
- (Shakespeare)
