Consensus vs. Consistency — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Consensus and Consistency
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Consensus
An opinion or position reached by a group as a whole
"Among political women ... there is a clear consensus about the problems women candidates have traditionally faced" (Wendy Kaminer). See Usage Note at redundancy.
Consistency
In classical deductive logic, a consistent theory is one that does not lead to a logical contradiction. The lack of contradiction can be defined in either semantic or syntactic terms.
Consensus
General agreement or accord
Government by consensus.
Consistency
Consistent behaviour or treatment
The consistency of measurement techniques
Consensus
A process of decision-making that seeks widespread agreement among group members.
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Consistency
The way in which a substance holds together; thickness or viscosity
The sauce has the consistency of creamed butter
Consensus
General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each of which exercises some discretion in decision-making and follow-up action.
After years of debate over the best wine to serve at Thanksgiving, no real consensus has emerged.
Consistency
Agreement or logical coherence among things or parts
A rambling argument that lacked any consistency.
Consensus
(computing) An agreement on some data value that is needed during computation.
Consistency
Correspondence among related aspects; compatibility
Questioned the consistency of the administration's actions with its stated policy.
Consensus
(attributive) Average projected value.
A financial consensus forecast
Consistency
Reliability or uniformity of successive results or events
Pitched with remarkable consistency throughout the season.
Consensus
(ambitransitive) To seek consensus; to hold discussions with the aim of reaching mutual agreement.
Consistency
Degree of density, firmness, or viscosity
Beat the mixture to the consistency of soft butter.
Consensus
Agreement; accord; consent.
That traditional consensus of society which we call public opinion.
Consistency
Local coherence.
Consensus
Agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole;
The lack of consensus reflected differences in theoretical positions
Those rights and obligations are based on an unstated consensus
Consistency
Correspondence or compatibility.
Consistency
Reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent.
They want to achieve a high degree of consistency in their process and their product.
Consistency
The degree of viscosity of something.
Mix it until it has the consistency of a thick paste.
Consistency
(logic) Freedom from contradiction; the state of a system of axioms such that none of the propositions deduced from them are mutually contradictory.
Consistency
(obsolete) Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.
Consistency
The property of holding together and retaining its shape;
When the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake
Consistency
A harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
Consistency
Logical coherence and accordance with the facts;
A rambling argument that lacked any consistency
Consistency
(logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another
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