The difference between Cohort and Fold

When used as nouns, cohort means a group of people supporting the same thing or person, whereas fold means an act of folding.

Fold is also verb with the meaning: to bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.

check bellow for the other definitions of Cohort and Fold

  1. Cohort as a noun:

    A group of people supporting the same thing or person.

  2. Cohort as a noun (statistics):

    A demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group, or having a common characteristic.

    Examples:

    "The 18-24 cohort shows a sharp increase in automobile fatalities over the proximate age groupings."

  3. Cohort as a noun (historical, Ancient Rome, military):

    Any division of a Roman legion, normally of about 500 men.

    Examples:

    "Three cohorts of men were assigned to the region."

  4. Cohort as a noun:

    An accomplice; abettor; associate.

    Examples:

    "He was able to plea down his sentence by revealing the names of three of his cohorts, as well as the source of the information."

  5. Cohort as a noun:

    Any band or body of warriors.

  6. Cohort as a noun (taxonomy):

    A natural group of orders of organisms, less comprehensive than a class.

  7. Cohort as a noun:

    A colleague.

  8. Cohort as a noun:

    A set of individuals in a program, especially when compared to previous sets of individuals within the same program.

    Examples:

    "The students in my cohort for my organic chemistry class this year are not [[up to snuff]]. Last year's cohort scored much higher averages on the mid-term."

  1. Fold as a verb (transitive):

    To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.

  2. Fold as a verb (transitive):

    To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.

    Examples:

    "If you fold the sheets, they'll fit more easily in the drawer."

  3. Fold as a verb (intransitive):

    To become folded; to form folds.

    Examples:

    "Cardboard doesn't fold very easily."

  4. Fold as a verb (intransitive, informal):

    To fall over; to be crushed.

    Examples:

    "The chair folded under his enormous weight."

  5. Fold as a verb (transitive):

    To enclose within folded arms (see also enfold).

  6. Fold as a verb (intransitive):

    To give way on a point or in an argument.

  7. Fold as a verb (intransitive, poker):

    To withdraw from betting.

    Examples:

    "With no hearts in the river and no chance to hit his straight, he folded."

  8. Fold as a verb (intransitive, by extension):

    To withdraw or quit in general.

  9. Fold as a verb (transitive, cooking):

    To stir gently, with a folding action.

    Examples:

    "Fold the egg whites into the batter."

  10. Fold as a verb (intransitive, business):

    Of a company, to cease to trade.

    Examples:

    "The company folded after six quarters of negative growth."

  11. Fold as a verb:

    To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands.

    Examples:

    "He folded his arms in defiance."

  12. Fold as a verb:

    To cover or wrap up; to conceal.

  1. Fold as a noun:

    An act of folding.

  2. Fold as a noun:

    A bend or crease.

  3. Fold as a noun:

    Any correct move in origami.

  4. Fold as a noun (newspapers):

    The division between the top and bottom halves of a broadsheet: headlines above the fold will be readable in a newsstand display; usually the fold.

  5. Fold as a noun (by extension, web design):

    The division between the part of a web page visible in a web browser window without scrolling; usually the fold.

  6. Fold as a noun:

    That which is folded together, or which enfolds or envelops; embrace.

  7. Fold as a noun (geology):

    The bending or curving of one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, as a result of plastic (i.e. permanent) deformation.

  8. Fold as a noun (computing, programming):

    In functional programming, any of a family of higher-order functions that process a data structure recursively to build up a value.

  1. Fold as a noun:

    A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.

  2. Fold as a noun:

    A group of sheep or goats.

  3. Fold as a noun (figuratively):

    Home, family.

  4. Fold as a noun (religion, Christian):

    A church congregation, a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church; the Christian church as a whole, the flock of Christ.

    Examples:

    "'John, ''X, 16'': "Other sheep I have which are not of this fold."

  5. Fold as a noun:

    A group of people with shared ideas or goals or who live or work together.

  6. Fold as a noun (obsolete):

    A boundary or limit.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Creech"

  1. Fold as a verb:

    To confine animals in a fold.

  1. Fold as a noun (dialectal, poetic, or, obsolete):

    The Earth; earth; land, country.

Compare words:

Compare with synonyms and related words: