consistency vs hardness

hardness vs consistency

consistency and hardness both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
consistency	Yes	No	No	No
hardness	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hardness is a hyponym of consistency; that is, hardness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than consistency:

consistency: the property of holding together and retaining its shape
hardness: the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale

Other hyponyms of consistency include gaseousness, viscosity, viscousness, thickness, thinness, softness, breakableness, unbreakableness, porosity, porousness, solidity, solidness, clayeyness, clayiness, clayishness, clayeyness, clayiness, clayishness, lumpiness, doughiness.

consistency (noun)	hardness (noun)
the property of holding together and retaining its shape	a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering
(logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another	the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale
a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts	the quality of being difficult to do
logical coherence and accordance with the facts	devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness
	excessive sternness

Difference between consistency and hardness

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