hardness vs consistency

consistency vs hardness

hardness and consistency both are nouns.

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

As nouns, consistency is a hypernym of hardness; that is, consistency is a word with a broader meaning than hardness:

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

Other hypernyms of hardness include body, consistence, substance.

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

Difference between hardness and consistency

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