Accord vs. Agreement
Difference Between Accord and Agreement
Accordnoun
Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action.
Agreementnoun
(countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
to enter an agreement;the UK and US negotiators nearing agreement;he nodded his agreement.Accordnoun
A harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord.
Agreementnoun
(uncountable) A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.
The results of my experiment are in agreement with those of Michelson and with the law of General Relativity.Accordnoun
Agreement or harmony of things in general.
the accord of light and shade in paintingAgreementnoun
A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.
Accordnoun
(legal) An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit.
Agreementnoun
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.
Accordnoun
(international law) An international agreement.
The Geneva Accord of 1954 ended the French-Indochinese War.Agreementnoun
An agreeable quality.
Accordnoun
(obsolete) Assent
Agreementnoun
the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises;
they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's businessthere was an understanding between management and the workersAccordnoun
Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act.
Nobody told me to do it. I did it of my own accord.Agreementnoun
compatibility of observations;
there was no agreement between theory and measurementthe results of two tests were in correspondenceAccordverb
(transitive) To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.
Agreementnoun
harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters;
the two parties were in agreementAccordverb
(transitive) To bring (people) to an agreement; to reconcile, settle, adjust or harmonize.
Agreementnoun
the thing arranged or agreed to;
they made arrangements to meet in ChicagoAccordverb
(intransitive) To agree or correspond; to be in harmony; to be concordant.
Agreementnoun
the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations
Accordverb
(intransitive) To agree in pitch and tone.
Agreementnoun
the verbal act of agreeing
Accordverb
To grant as suitable or proper; to concede or award.
Accordverb
To give consent.
Accordverb
To arrive at an agreement.
Accordnoun
harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters;
the two parties were in agreementAccordnoun
concurrence of opinion;
we are in accord with your proposalAccordnoun
a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
Accordnoun
sympathetic compatibility
Accordverb
go together;
The colors don't harmonizeTheir ideas concordedAccordverb
allow to have;
grant a privilege
