Difference between Concord and Concordance

What is the difference between Concord and Concordance?

Concord as a noun is a state of agreement; harmony; union. while Concordance as a noun is agreement; accordance

Concord

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To agree; to act together - Edward Hyde Clarendon

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A state of agreement; harmony; union. Agreement by stipulation; compact; covenant; treaty or league Agreement of words with one another, in gender, number, person, or case. (Old Law): 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. - Burril? (Probably influenced by chord), (Music): An agreeable combination of tones simultaneously heard; a consonant chord; consonance; harmony. A variety of American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters.

Concordance

Part of speech: noun

Definition: agreement; accordanceconcord; agreement.An alphabetical verbal index showing the places in the text of a book where each principal word may be found, with its immediate context in each place.a list of occurrences of a word or phrase from a corpus, with the immediate context.

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