What's the difference between concord and harmony?

Concord


Definition:

  • (n.) A state of agreement; harmony; union.
  • (n.) Agreement by stipulation; compact; covenant; treaty or league.
  • (n.) Agreement of words with one another, in gender, number, person, or case.
  • (n.) An agreement between the parties to a fine of land in reference to the manner in which it should pass, being an acknowledgment that the land in question belonged to the complainant. See Fine.
  • (n.) An agreeable combination of tones simultaneously heard; a consonant chord; consonance; harmony.
  • (n.) A variety of American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters.
  • (v. i.) To agree; to act together.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Between 22 HLA-identical siblings and 16 two-haplotype different siblings, a significant difference in concordance of reactions for the B-cell groups was noted.
  • (2) In gram positive organisms, the concordance was lower only for the differentiation between group D streptococci and enterococci.
  • (3) High concordance was observed between a positive test and relapse during the period of study (chi-square = 27.53, P less than 0.001).
  • (4) In late-passage and cloned HUT102 cells, an increase in HTLV production was concordant with a decrease in constitutive interferon production and the loss of mature T lymphocyte antigens.
  • (5) The concordance, sensitivity, and specificity of proxy reports about partners' occupation, smoking, and drinking were examined in relation to self-reports.
  • (6) Results with the two EIA systems were concordant and detected 13 positive samples, each of which was confirmed by WB.
  • (7) The previous Ba’athist and Shia governments tried to deviate the Muslim generation from their path through their educational programmes that concord with their governments and political whims.
  • (8) Three donors (12%) were concordantly positive for HBV DNA and hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) and had IgM antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc).
  • (9) To elucidate the relationship between the presence of anti-Tax antibody and the transmission of the viral infection, annual consecutive serum samples from married couples serologically discordant or concordant for HTLV-I were examined.
  • (10) The concordance for this disease in these two patients of nonconsanguineous parentage with no family history of the disorder suggests the possibility of sublethal intrauterine injury to anterior horn cells.
  • (11) These bounds require an investigator to specify a range of possible concordances for the times to occurrences of the competing risks.
  • (12) A comparative study between MAR test and IBT in 142 seminal samples is presented by the authors and their concordance with TAT and SIT is also evaluated.
  • (13) An interpretation is given: if the mutated gene(s) has its effect in early embryological stages, affected relatives may have any type of CHD, but if the alteration occurs later, concordance is expected to be found.
  • (14) These methods have been implemented as a collection of short microcomputer programmes, and applied to the study of the temporal relationship between beta-endorphin and cortisol in normal subjects sampled every 10 min for 24 h. This analysis demonstrated concordance between events in the two series, with synchronous occurrence of beta-endorphin and cortisol release events significantly more frequently than expected on the basis of random association (p less than 0.01).
  • (15) In order to incorporate concordant patents, fuzzy subsets are employed, with the number of attempts required to achieve transitive closure being the values for comparison.
  • (16) The correlation was less concordant in patients with intracranial vascular malformations or lesions involving cranial bones.
  • (17) There was concordance amongst the three groups in some areas but there were also differences between patients, R.N.
  • (18) Therefore, even given the existence of concordant cases, without inquiring precisely into the quality or degree of anorexia nervosa, it is not possible to conclude that hereditary factors play a determining role in the etiology of anorexia nervosa.
  • (19) Up to now, to interpret antibiotic susceptibility tests, the common practice has been to use: first, breakpoints without any quantitative justification, secondly, concordance curves between the different measurement techniques; these are not well adapted to the heterogeneous character of bacterial populations.
  • (20) In 1967-1969 survey the ratio of observed to expected concordance for smoking was higher among the monozygotic twins than among the dizygotic twins for those who had never smoked (overall rate ratio, 1.38; 95 percent confidence interval, 1.25 to 1.54), for former smokers (overall rate ratio, 1.59; 95 percent confidence interval, 1.35 to 1.85), for current cigarette smokers (overall rate ratio, 1.18; 95 percent confidence interval, 1.11 to 1.26), and for current cigar or pipe smokers (overall rate ratio, 1.60; 95 percent confidence interval, 1.22 to 2.06).

Harmony


Definition:

  • (n.) The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in things, or things intended to form a connected whole; such an agreement between the different parts of a design or composition as to produce unity of effect; as, the harmony of the universe.
  • (n.) Concord or agreement in facts, opinions, manners, interests, etc.; good correspondence; peace and friendship; as, good citizens live in harmony.
  • (n.) A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency; as, a harmony of the Gospels.
  • (n.) A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation.
  • (n.) The science which treats of their construction and progression.
  • (n.) See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These concepts of facial harmony and surgical alterations have been difficult to teach in a residency program, especially regarding preoperative evaluation and a clear idea of the desired surgical results.
  • (2) The results will give Harmony 25 seats in Latvia’s 100-seat parliament, six fewer than they had before the elections, when they were also the largest single party in parliament.
  • (3) Japan has a long history of placing great value on the idea of harmony and respecting the rights of everyone,” she said.
  • (4) He has previously said the Anzac spirit had “informed our Australian culture and our character ever since that time, and I don’t think that lining it up with NAIDOC week, reconciliation day, harmony day and so on gives it the central focus that it deserves in our curriculum”.
  • (5) The grand mufti of Australia, Ibrahim Abu Mohammad, said Islam did not need a reformation “since the normative principles and practices of the religion allow Muslims to harmoniously coexist within pluralist societies that are based on the universal values of compassion and justice”.
  • (6) There are many differences between full dentures on Brånemark implants and fixed partial dentures built on the same type of implants: due to some more critical anatomical conditions, the choice of number, position and length of the implants is more delicate; the need of an harmonious crown-gingival tissue relationship; higher occlusal forces than in edentalous cases; difficulty in satisfying aesthetic requirements and ease of hygiene.
  • (7) Following the success of that release – and with the Beatles' Sgt Pepper's still months away – Brian Wilson imagined an orchestral and psychedelic suite showcasing the group's vocal harmonies.
  • (8) We also know little about the relative aptitude for different musical components, especially melody and harmony.
  • (9) In cultures at temperatures higher than necessary for optimum rates of growth the average lifetime of messenger RNA lengthened in harmony with the increased time required for cell division.
  • (10) Gay bishops have proved a headache for the archbishop of Canterbury, who has struggled to maintain harmony since taking office in 2002.
  • (11) A better conceptual balance needs to be struck between their harmonious and antagonistic functioning.
  • (12) A review of the literature shows little harmony between the results of this and various other studies.
  • (13) Induction by PB and MC of ER O-dealkylase, PR O-dealkylase and UDP-GT activities in ciliary NPE and PE cells was inhibited almost completely by 3.5 microM cyclohexamide and 40 nM actinomycin D. The heterogeneous distribution of these enzymes suggests that a harmonious interplay between NPE and PE cells is important for metabolic detoxification of blood plasma prior to aqueous humor formation.
  • (14) New Gambian leader Adama Barrow sworn in at ceremony in Senegal Read more But Jammeh, like most dictators, gives greater weight to his ego and grandeur over national peace and harmony.
  • (15) The utilization review department, as well as the medical staff, must work in close harmony with administration to assist the facility in surviving trying economical times.
  • (16) Up to half a million wolves once roamed across America , living in harmony with native Americans who revered them for supposed healing powers.
  • (17) While Victorians celebrated the empire on which the sun would never set with successive jubilees (golden, 1887, and diamond, 1897), many readers fretted over foreign (increasingly German) threats to the harmony of English life.
  • (18) Is this not a remarkable achievement, that we have such a diverse community and yet we live together so harmoniously?” Parramatta shooting: speculation is plentiful but the facts are few Read more Turnbull said: “And should we not ask ourselves: how did that happen?
  • (19) While those figures may be skewed by one film alone (Harmony Korine's hit teenage skin celebration Spring Breakers ) the overall pattern of sex bias is unmistakable.
  • (20) Working separately has, they say, been no bad thing for marital harmony.