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Reconciliation vs Coordination - What's the difference?

reconciliation | coordination |

As nouns the difference between reconciliation and coordination

is that reconciliation is reconciliation (process of matching and comparing figures from accounting records against those presented on a bank statement) while coordination is .

reconciliation

Noun

(en noun)
  • The reestablishment of friendly relations; conciliation or rapprochement.
  • He longed for reconciliation with his estranged father, but too many painful memories kept him from making contact again.
  • (theology) The end of estrangement between a human and God as a result of the process of atonement; more specifically,
  • :* A Roman Catholic sacrament involving contrition, confession, punishment and absolution; penance.
  • (accounting) Process of matching and comparing figures from accounting records against those presented on a bank statement.
  • Synonyms

    *

    coordination

    Alternative forms

    * co-ordination,

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • the act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.
  • * 1919: Robert W. Chambers, In Secret
  • 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.
  • the resulting state of working together; cooperation; synchronization
  • * 1900: Irving Bacheller, Eben Holden, A Tale of the North Country
  • We stood dodging each other a moment with that unfortunate co-ordination of purpose men sometimes encounter when passing each other.
  • the ability to coordinate one's senses and physical movements in order to act skillfully.
  • I'm terrible at sports -- I have no coordination .
  • (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
  • 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.
  • (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
  • Antonyms

    * incoordination * subordination

    Derived terms

    * coordination compound * coordination number * colour coordination, color coordination * hand-eye coordination