The difference between Coherent and Lucid

When used as adjectives, coherent means unified, whereas lucid means clear.


Lucid is also noun with the meaning: a lucid dream.

check bellow for the other definitions of Coherent and Lucid

  1. Coherent as an adjective:

    Unified; sticking together; making up a whole.

  2. Coherent as an adjective:

    Orderly, logical and consistent.

  3. Coherent as an adjective:

    Aesthetically ordered.

  4. Coherent as an adjective:

    Having a natural or due agreement of parts; harmonious: a coherent design.

  5. Coherent as an adjective (physics):

    Of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase, as light in a laser.

  6. Coherent as an adjective (botany):

    Attaching or pressing against an organ of the same nature.

  7. Coherent as an adjective (math, of a [[sheaf]]):

    Belonging to a specific class of sheaves having particularly manageable properties closely linked to the geometrical properties of the underlying space.

  1. Lucid as an adjective:

    clear; easily understood

  2. Lucid as an adjective:

    mentally rational; sane

  3. Lucid as an adjective:

    bright, luminous, translucent or transparent

  1. Lucid as a noun:

    A lucid dream.