Cohesion vs. Coherence

Cohesionnoun

State of cohering, or of working together.

Cohesionnoun

Various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together.

Cohesionnoun

(biology) Growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant.

Cohesionnoun

(computing) Degree to which functionally related elements in a computing system belong together.

Cohesionnoun

(linguistics) Grammatical or lexical relationship between different parts of the same text.

Cohesionnoun

The act or state of sticking together; close union.

Cohesionnoun

That from of attraction by which the particles of a body are united throughout the mass, whether like or unlike; - distinguished from adhesion, which unites bodies by their adjacent surfaces.

Cohesionnoun

Logical agreement and dependence; as, the cohesion of ideas.

Cohesionnoun

the state of cohering or sticking together

Cohesionnoun

(botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals)

Cohesionnoun

(physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid

Coherencenoun

The quality of cohering, or being coherent; internal consistency.

Coherencenoun

A logical arrangement of parts.

Coherencenoun

The property of having the same wavelength and phase.

Coherencenoun

A semantic relationship between different parts of the same text.

Coherencenoun

A sticking or cleaving together; union of parts of the same body; cohesion.

Coherencenoun

Connection or dependence, proceeding from the subordination of the parts of a thing to one principle or purpose, as in the parts of a discourse, or of a system of philosophy; a logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts; consecutiveness.

Coherencenoun

the state of cohering.

Coherencenoun

the state of cohering or sticking together

Coherencenoun

logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts