cohesion vs consensus

cohesion

noun
  • State of cohering, or of working together. 

  • Grammatical or lexical relationship between different parts of the same text. 

  • Growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant. 

  • Various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together. 

  • Degree to which functionally related elements in a system belong together. 

consensus

noun
  • A process of decision-making that seeks widespread agreement among group members. 

  • Average projected value. 

  • General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each of which exercises some discretion in decision-making and follow-up action. 

  • An agreement on some data value that is needed during computation. 

verb
  • To seek consensus; to hold discussions with the aim of reaching mutual agreement. 

How often have the words cohesion and consensus occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )