The difference between Accord and Treaty

When used as nouns, accord means agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action, whereas treaty means a binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely states and international organizations.


Accord is also verb with the meaning: to make to agree or correspond.

check bellow for the other definitions of Accord and Treaty

  1. Accord as a noun:

    Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action.

  2. Accord as a noun:

    A harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord.

  3. Accord as a noun:

    Agreement or harmony of things in general.

    Examples:

    "the accord of light and shade in painting"

  4. Accord as a noun (legal):

    An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Blackstone"

  5. Accord as a noun (international law):

    An international agreement.

    Examples:

    "The Geneva Accord of 1954 ended the French-Indochinese War."

  6. Accord as a noun (obsolete):

    Assent

  7. Accord as a noun:

    Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act.

    Examples:

    "Nobody told me to do it. I did it of my own accord."

  1. Accord as a verb (transitive):

    To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.

  2. Accord as a verb (transitive):

    To bring (people) to an agreement; to reconcile, settle, adjust or harmonize.

  3. Accord as a verb (intransitive):

    To agree or correspond; to be in harmony; to be concordant.

  4. Accord as a verb (intransitive):

    To agree in pitch and tone.

  5. Accord as a verb (transitive, legal):

    To grant as suitable or proper; to concede or award.

  6. Accord as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To give consent.

  7. Accord as a verb (intransitive, archaic):

    To arrive at an agreement.

  1. Treaty as a noun (international law):

    A binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely states and international organizations.

  2. Treaty as a noun:

    A formal agreement between two or more states.

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