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consistency vs cohesion

cohesion vs consistency

consistency and cohesion both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
consistency Yes No No No
cohesion Yes No No No
As nouns, cohesion is a hypernym of consistency; that is, cohesion is a word with a broader meaning than consistency:
  • consistency: logical coherence and accordance with the facts
  • cohesion: the state of cohering or sticking together
Other hypernyms of consistency include coherence, coherency, cohesiveness.
consistency (noun) cohesion (noun)
the property of holding together and retaining its shape (physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid
(logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals)
a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts (linguistics) the grammatical and lexical linking within a text or sentence that holds a text together and gives it meaning.
logical coherence and accordance with the facts the state of cohering or sticking together
Difference between consistency and cohesion

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