consonance.

1. Agreement, correspondence or harmony between things.

2. The recurrence of consonant sounds in nearby words, especially as a literary sound pattern.

3. A musical relationship or combination of tones perceived as relatively stable or harmonious in the relevant musical system.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• in consonance with
• consonance between ideas

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The proposal was in consonance with the stated aims but did not determine how they would be achieved.

Consonance between the two accounts concerned their main sequence rather than every minor detail.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, narrative analysis, characterization, contrast. Disciplines: literary analysis, prose writing, advanced general English. Commonness: moderately common.