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Concurrent vs Confluent - What's the difference?

concurrent | confluent |

In geometry|lang=en terms the difference between concurrent and confluent

is that concurrent is (geometry) meeting in one point while confluent is (geometry) (of a triangle) which is exactly the same size as another triangle.

As adjectives the difference between concurrent and confluent

is that concurrent is happening at the same time; simultaneous while confluent is converging, merging into continuous shape (of two or more objects).

As a noun concurrent

is one who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.

concurrent

English

of building models [http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Concurrent_testings].

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Happening at the same time; simultaneous.
  • * Tyndall
    • changes concurrent with the visual changes in the eye
    (Francis Bacon)
  • Belonging to the same period; contemporary.
  • Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contibuting to the same event of effect.
  • * Sir J. Davies
    • I join with these laws the personal presence of the king's son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation.
  • * Bishop Warburton
    • the concurrent testimony of antiquity
  • Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects.
    • the concurrent jurisdiction of courts
  • (geometry) Meeting in one point.
  • Running alongside one another on parallel courses; moving together in space.
  • (computing) Involving more than one thread of computation.

    • Coordinate terms

    * leading, lagging

    Derived terms

    * concurrent indicator * concurrently

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.
  • * Dr. H. More
    • To all affairs of importance there are three necessary concurrents time, industry, and faculties.
  • One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent.
  • * Holland
    • Menander had no concurrent in his time that came near unto him.
  • One of the supernumerary days of the year over fifty-two complete weeks; so called because they concur with the solar cycle, the course of which they follow.
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    confluent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Converging, merging into continuous shape (of two or more objects).
  • * 1851 ,
    • A confluent smallpox had in all directions flowed over his face, and left it like the complicated ribbed bed of a torrent, when the rushing waters have been dried up.
  • (meteorology) (Of wind) which converges, especially when viewed on a weather chart
  • (biology) Describing cells in a culture that merge to form a mass
  • (geometry) (Of a triangle) which is exactly the same size as another triangle.
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