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Comprehensive vs Simultaneous - What's the difference?

comprehensive | simultaneous |

As adjectives the difference between comprehensive and simultaneous

is that comprehensive is while simultaneous is occurring]] or [[transpire|transpiring at the same time.

comprehensive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Broadly]] or completely covering; [[include, including a large proportion of something.

    • Synonyms

    * (broadly or completely covering) exhaustive, thorough, all-encompassing

    Derived terms

    * comprehensively * comprehensivization * comprehensivize

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) A comprehensive school.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Peter Wilby)
    • , volume=189, issue=6, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Finland spreads word on schools , passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.}} ----

    simultaneous

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Occurring]] or [[transpire, transpiring at the same time.
  • *
    • As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc.

    Derived terms

    * simultaneously * simultaneity