Rapport vs. Conformity: What's the Difference?
Rapport and Conformity Definitions
Rapport
Relationship, especially one of mutual trust or emotional affinity.
Conformity
Similarity in form or character; agreement
I acted in conformity with my principles.
Rapport
A relationship of mutual trust and respect. A close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other's feelings or ideas and communicate well.
He always tried to maintain a rapport with his customers.
Conformity
Action or behavior in correspondence with socially accepted standards, conventions, rules, or laws
Conformity to university regulations.
Rapport
Relation; proportion; conformity.
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Conformity
The relationship between rock or sediment strata that were deposited adjacently or vertically in sequence without any interruption due to erosion, tilting, folding, or similar natural processes.
Rapport
Relation; proportion; conformity; correspondence; accord.
'T is obvious what rapport there is between the conceptions and languages in every country.
Conformity
A surface exhibiting such a relationship between older rock strata and younger rock strata.
Rapport
Relation of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people
Conformity
The state of things being similar or identical.
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Rapport
A feeling of sympathetic understanding
Conformity
A point of resemblance; a similarity.
Rapport
Sympathetic compatibility
Conformity
The state of being conforming, of complying with a set of rules, with a norm or standard.
Conformity
The ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity.
Conformity
Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; - followed by to, with, or between.
By our conformity to God.
The end of all religion is but to draw us to a conformity with God.
A conformity between the mental taste and the sensitive taste.
Conformity
Compliance with the usages of the Established Church.
The king [James I.] soon afterward put forth a proclamation requiring all ecclesiastical and civil officers to do their duty by enforcing conformity.
Conformity
Correspondence in form or appearance
Conformity
Acting according to certain accepted standards
Conformity
Orthodoxy in thoughts and belief
Conformity
Concurrence of opinion;
We are in accord with your proposal
Conformity
Hardened conventionality