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Difference Between Correspond and Coincide

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Correspond

To be in agreement, harmony, or conformity.

Coincide

Occur at the same time
Publication is timed to coincide with a major exhibition

Correspond

To be similar or equivalent in character, quantity, origin, structure, or function
English navel corresponds to Greek omphalos.

Coincide

Correspond in nature; tally
The interests of employers and employees do not always coincide

Correspond

To communicate by letter, usually over a period of time.
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Coincide

To occupy the same relative position or the same area in space.

Correspond

To be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.

Coincide

To happen at the same time or during the same period.

Correspond

To exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period of time.
I've been corresponding with my German pen pal for three years.

Coincide

To correspond exactly; be identical.
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Correspond

(obsolete) To have sex with.

Coincide

To agree exactly, as in opinion; concur.

Correspond

To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; - followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each other throughout.
None of them [the forms of Sidney's sonnets] correspond to the Shakespearean type.

Coincide

To occupy exactly the same space.
The two squares coincide nicely.

Correspond

To be adapted; to be congruous; to suit; to agree; to fit; to answer; - followed by to.
Words being but empty sounds, any farther than they are signs of our ideas, we can not but assent to them as they correspond to those ideas we have, but no farther.

Coincide

To occur at the same time.
The conference will coincide with his vacation.

Correspond

To have intercourse or communion; especially, to hold intercourse or to communicate by sending and receiving letters; - followed by with.
After having been long in indirect communication with the exiled family, he [Atterbury] began to correspond directly with the Pretender.

Coincide

To correspond, concur, or agree.
Our ideas coincide, except in certain areas.

Correspond

Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics;
The two stories don't agree in many details
The handwriting checks with the signature on the check
The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun

Coincide

To occupy the same place in space, as two equal triangles, when placed one on the other.
If the equator and the ecliptic had coincided, it would have rendered the annual revoluton of the earth useless.

Correspond

Be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics

Coincide

To occur at the same time; to be contemporaneous; as, the fall of Granada coincided with the discovery of America.

Correspond

Exchange messages;
My Russian pen pal and I have been corresponding for several years

Coincide

To correspond exactly; to agree; to concur; as, our aims coincide.
The rules of right jugdment and of good ratiocination often coincide with each other.

Correspond

Take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to;
Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin

Coincide

Go with, fall together

Coincide

Happen simultaneously;
The two events coincided

Coincide

Be the same;
Our views on this matter coincided

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