consensus vs harmony

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. 

harmony

noun
  • Agreement or accord. 

  • A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency. 

  • A pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds. 

  • The relationship between two distinct musical pitches (musical pitches being frequencies of vibration which produce audible sound) played simultaneously. 

  • The academic study of chords. 

  • Two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord. 

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