Correspond vs. Coincide — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Correspond and Coincide
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Definitions
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
