Inconsistency vs. Consistency — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Inconsistency and Consistency
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Definitions
Inconsistency➦
The fact or state of being inconsistent
The inconsistency between his expressed attitudes and his actual behaviour
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.
Inconsistency➦
The state or quality of being inconsistent.
Consistency➦
Consistent behaviour or treatment
The consistency of measurement techniques
Inconsistency➦
Something inconsistent
Many inconsistencies in your proposal.
Consistency➦
The way in which a substance holds together; thickness or viscosity
The sauce has the consistency of creamed butter
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Inconsistency➦
The state of being inconsistent.
Consistency➦
Agreement or logical coherence among things or parts
A rambling argument that lacked any consistency.
Inconsistency➦
(logic) An incompatibility between two propositions that cannot both be true.
Consistency➦
Correspondence among related aspects; compatibility
Questioned the consistency of the administration's actions with its stated policy.
Inconsistency➦
The quality or state of being inconsistent; discordance in respect to sentiment or action; such contrariety between two things that both can not exist or be true together; disagreement; incompatibility.
There is a perfect inconsistency between that which is of debt and that which is of free gift.
Consistency➦
Reliability or uniformity of successive results or events
Pitched with remarkable consistency throughout the season.
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Inconsistency➦
Absurdity in argument ore narration; incoherence or irreconcilability in the parts of a statement, argument, or narration; that which is inconsistent.
If a man would register all his opinions upon love, politics, religion, and learning, what a bundle of inconsistencies and contradictions would appear at last!
Consistency➦
Degree of density, firmness, or viscosity
Beat the mixture to the consistency of soft butter.
Inconsistency➦
Lack of stability or uniformity; unsteadiness; changeableness; variableness.
Mutability of temper, and inconsistency with ourselves, is the greatest weakness of human nature.
Consistency➦
Local coherence.
Inconsistency➦
The relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
Consistency➦
Correspondence or compatibility.
Inconsistency➦
The quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts
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
