The difference between Agreement and Concord

When used as nouns, agreement means an understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct, whereas concord means a state of agreement.


Concord is also verb with the meaning: to agree.

check bellow for the other definitions of Agreement and Concord

  1. Agreement as a noun (countable):

    An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.

    Examples:

    "to enter an agreement; the UK and US negotiators nearing agreement; he nodded his agreement."

  2. Agreement as a noun (uncountable):

    A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.

    Examples:

    "The results of my experiment are in agreement with those of Michelson and with the law of General Relativity."

  3. Agreement as a noun (uncountable, legal):

    A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.

  4. Agreement as a noun (uncountable, linguistics, grammar):

    Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts.

  5. Agreement as a noun (obsolete, chiefly, _, in the plural):

    An agreeable quality.

  1. Concord as a noun:

    A state of agreement; harmony; union.

  2. Concord as a noun (obsolete):

    Agreement by stipulation; compact; covenant; treaty or league

  3. Concord as a noun (grammar):

    Agreement of words with one another, in gender, number, person or case.

  4. Concord as a noun (legal, obsolete):

    An agreement between the parties to a fine of land in reference to the manner in which it should pass, being an acknowledgment that the land in question belonged to the complainant. See fine.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Burrill"

  5. Concord as a noun (probably influenced by [[chord]], music):

    An agreeable combination of tones simultaneously heard; a consonant chord; consonance; harmony.

  1. Concord as a noun:

    A variety of sweet American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters; a Concord grape.

  1. Concord as a verb (intransitive):

    To agree; to act together

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Edward Hyde Clarendon"