Nonconformity vs. Noncompliance: What's the Difference?

Nonconformity and Noncompliance Definitions
Nonconformity
Refusal or failure to conform to accepted standards, conventions, rules, or laws.
Noncompliance
Failure or refusal to comply.
Nonconformity
An instance of this
A measure aimed at reducing nonconformities to the housing code.
Noncompliance
A failure to comply.
Nonconformity
Often Nonconformity Refusal to accept or conform to the doctrines, usage, or polity of the Church of England.
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Noncompliance
Neglect of compliance; failure to comply.
Nonconformity
(Geology) An unconformity in which the underlying strata are composed of igneous or metamorphic rock and the overlying strata are composed of sedimentary rock.
Noncompliance
The failure to obey
Nonconformity
Refusal to conform to the doctrine, discipline, or practice of a state religion, especially refusal by other Protestants to conform to the doctrine or discipline of the Church of England; the principles or practice of nonconformists; nonconformists as a class.
Nonconformity
Rejection of, or failure to conform to, a practice, standard, rule, or law.
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Nonconformity
(geology) A type of unconformity in which a non-sedimentary rock intrudes in sedimentary layers.
Nonconformity
Neglect or failure of conformity; especially, in England, the neglect or refusal to unite with the established church in its rites and modes of worship.
Nonconformity
Lack of harmony or correspondence
Nonconformity
A lack of conformity
Nonconformity
Unorthodoxy as a consequence of not conforming to expected standards or values
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Nonconformity
Failure to conform