noun
concordance
Agreement or consistency between things.
The two maps show perfect concordance in the placement of landmarks.
Etymology
The Latin verb means to agree or harmonize. Concordance names that agreement as a relationship between statements, findings, or other things that fit together without conflict.
More examples
- There is little concordance between the witnesses' accounts of the accident.
- The two teams produced cost estimates with a high degree of concordance.
- Her actions are in concordance with her stated beliefs.
Forms
concordance
concordant adjective — in agreement or consistent with each other
Similar words
- agreement
- More common in everyday descriptions of matching opinions or accounts.
- harmony
- Emphasizes people or parts working pleasantly together, rather than matching.
- consistency
- Emphasizes the absence of contradictions within or between things.