Can I say:
"The two objectives don't conform."
Where I mean:
The two objectives are inconsistent.
I'm going for the first interpretation in
The two words have different meanings. For example: "He wants two objectives for the company: to make money, and to be socially responsible. ")
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The two words have different meanings. For example:
"He wants two objectives for the company: to make money, and to be socially responsible. But the two objectives are inconsistent." (You can't substitute "don't conform" here for "are inconsistent.")