Cohesion is when the link between sentences,

words and phrases are visible, or easily

understandable.

E.g. Cara loves to cook dinner for her husband

Carl. The dinner that she likes cooking the most
is lasagna. Lasagna is a very popular dish in
Italy. Italians are also known for their heavy
accents. Accents can tell you where in the
world people come from. There are over 7
billion people on earth.

In this example we can see the clear link

between each sentence, even though there is
no set topic/theme in the paragraph. This is
cohesion. Cohesion can be evident without
coherence.
Coherence is when the theme or the main idea
of the essay or writing piece is understandable.

E.g. There are different types of nouns in the

English language. There are proper nouns
which are the names of people or places, such
as Tamara or North Korea. There are abstract
nouns which are used to describe things that
aren’t physical, such as emotions. There are
collective nouns which are used to describe
groups of things, such as a flock of birds.a