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Consensus vs Census - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between consensus and census

is that consensus is a process of that seeks widespread agreement among group members while census is an official count of members of a population (not necessarily human), usually residents or citizens in a particular region, often done at regular intervals.

As a verb census is

to collect a census.

consensus

Noun

(es)
  • A process of that seeks widespread agreement among group members.
  • agreement among the members of a given group or community, each of which exercises some discretion in decision-making and follow-up action.
  • Average projected value, as in the finance term consensus forecast.
  • census

    English

    (wikipedia census)

    Noun

    (censuses)
  • An official count of members of a population (not necessarily human), usually residents or citizens in a particular region, often done at regular intervals.
  • Verb

    (es)
  • To collect a census.