Consistency vs Constance - What's the difference?
consistency | constance |
Local coherence.
Correspondence or compatibility.
Reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent.
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The degree of viscosity of something.
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(obsolete) Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.
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As a noun consistency
is local coherence.As a proper noun Constance is
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English
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- His friendship is of a noble make and a lasting consistency .
Antonyms
* inconsistencyconstance
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- And forth she sailed the ocean salt and rude. / O Constance , full of sweet solicitude, / O Emperor's daughter of a mighty realm, / He that is Lord of Fortune guide thy helm!
- My name is Constance ; I was Geffrey's wife; / Young Arthur is my son, and he is lost: / I am not mad:—I would to heaven I were!