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
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Accord as a noun:
Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action.
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Accord as a noun:
A harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord.
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Accord as a noun:
Agreement or harmony of things in general.
Examples:
"the accord of light and shade in painting"
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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"
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Accord as a noun (international law):
An international agreement.
Examples:
"The Geneva Accord of 1954 ended the French-Indochinese War."
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Accord as a noun (obsolete):
Assent
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Accord as a noun:
Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act.
Examples:
"Nobody told me to do it. I did it of my own accord."
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Accord as a verb (transitive):
To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.
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Accord as a verb (transitive):
To bring (people) to an agreement; to reconcile, settle, adjust or harmonize.
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Accord as a verb (intransitive):
To agree or correspond; to be in harmony; to be concordant.
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Accord as a verb (intransitive):
To agree in pitch and tone.
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Accord as a verb (transitive, legal):
To grant as suitable or proper; to concede or award.
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Accord as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To give consent.
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Accord as a verb (intransitive, archaic):
To arrive at an agreement.
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Treaty as a noun (international law):
A binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely states and international organizations.
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Treaty as a noun:
A formal agreement between two or more states.