Reliability vs. Consistency — What's the Difference?

Capable of being relied on; dependable

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.

Yielding the same or compatible results in different clinical experiments or statistical trials.

Consistent behaviour or treatment

The quality of being reliable, dependable, or trustworthy.

The way in which a substance holds together; thickness or viscosity

(education) the ability to measure the same thing consistently (of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure is consistent); that is, repeated measurements would give the same result (See also validity).

Agreement or logical coherence among things or parts

(engineering) measurable time of work before failure

Correspondence among related aspects; compatibility

The state or quality of being reliable; reliableness.

Reliability or uniformity of successive results or events

The trait of being dependable or reliable

Degree of density, firmness, or viscosity

Local coherence.

Correspondence or compatibility.

Reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent.

The degree of viscosity of something.

(logic) Freedom from contradiction; the state of a system of axioms such that none of the propositions deduced from them are mutually contradictory.

(obsolete) Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.

The property of holding together and retaining its shape;

A harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts

Logical coherence and accordance with the facts;

(logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another