Cohesion vs Coherence in Writing Skills
Cohesion is the unity of sentences and the coherence unity of ideas. Here's a table that outlines the basic differences! Cohesion Coherence Cohesion is a quantitative property. Coherence is a qualitative property. It is observable as it is dealt with the actual written content. It is abstract as it deals with the ideas. Cohesion is a measurable property
that can be measured by checking the lexical syntaxes and grammar rules Coherence is not a measurable property and is very hard to achieve. Cohesion focuses more on lexical syntax and grammar in sentence formation.. Coherence is more sort of a pattern in the collected parts of writings. Cohesion is the writer’s attribute and is brought by using different techniques like repeated words/ideas, reference words, transition signals, substitution, etc. Coherence is the attribute that is decided by the end-user or reader, which determines whether the content seems meaningful, understanding and useful.
