agreement vs consensus

agreement

noun
  • An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct. 

  • Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts. 

  • A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law. 

  • A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another. 

consensus

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

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

  • Average projected value. 

  • 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. 

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