Coherence vs Synchronization - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between coherence and synchronization

is that coherence is coherence, consistence, consistency while synchronization is the state or property of being synchronized.

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(en noun)

Quality of cohering; of being coherent; internal consistency.

a logical arrangement of parts

''His arguments lacked coherence .

(physics, of waves) the property of having the same wavelength and phase.

(linguistics) Semantic relationship between different parts of the same text.

* incoherence

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(wikipedia synchronization)

* synchronisation (Commonwealth English)

(en noun)

The state or property of being synchronized.

The generator went off line when it lost synchronization with the power line.

* 2012 , Staff (Max Planck Institute), Study: Solar and wind energy may stabilize the power grid , R&D Magazine, online:

Synchronization , the coordinated dynamics of many units to the same timing is found throughout the natural world.

(military) The arrangement of military actions in time, space, and purpose to produce maximum relative combat power at a decisive place and time.

(military) In the intelligence context, application of intelligence sources and methods in concert with the operation plan. (JP 2-0); (JP 1-02)

* synchroneity, synchronicity