# cohesion vs cohesive

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### cohesion
*noun · IPA /kəʊˈhiː.ʒən/ · frequency rank #20,065*
State of cohering, or of working together.

### cohesive
*adjective · IPA /kəʊˈhiː.sɪv/ · frequency rank #19,291*
Having cohesion.

## Source
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