Accord vs. Agreement

Accord vs. Agreement — Is There a Difference?
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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 painting

Agreementnoun

A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.

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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 workers
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Accordnoun

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 correspondence

Accordverb

(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 agreement

Accordverb

(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 Chicago

Accordverb

(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 agreement

Accordnoun

concurrence of opinion;

we are in accord with your proposal

Accordnoun

a written agreement between two states or sovereigns

Accordnoun

sympathetic compatibility

Accordverb

go together;

The colors don't harmonizeTheir ideas concorded

Accordverb

allow to have;

grant a privilege