concord vs number agreement

number agreement vs concord

concord and number agreement both are nouns.

concord is a verb but number agreement is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
concord	Yes	No	Yes	No
number agreement	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, number agreement is a hyponym of concord; that is, number agreement is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than concord:

concord: the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations
number agreement: agreement in number between words in the same grammatical construction (e.g., between adjectives and the nouns they modify)

Other hyponyms of concord include person agreement, case agreement, gender agreement.

concord (noun)	number agreement (noun)
agreement of opinions	agreement in number between words in the same grammatical construction (e.g., between adjectives and the nouns they modify)
the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations
a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole

concord (verb)	number agreement (verb)
be in accord; be in agreement
arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance
arrange by concord or agreement
go together

Difference between concord and number agreement

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