Concurrent vs Conjunction - What's the difference?
concurrent | conjunction |
Happening at the same time; simultaneous.
* Tyndall
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
* Bishop Warburton
Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects.
(geometry) Meeting in one point.
Running alongside one another on parallel courses; moving together in space.
(computing) Involving more than one thread of computation.
One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.
* Dr. H. More
One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent.
* Holland
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.
(Webster 1913)
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The act of joining, or condition of being joined.
(obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
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(grammar) A word used to join other words or phrases together into sentences. The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related. Example: Bread, butter and cheese.
(astronomy) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth.
(astrology) An aspect in which planets are in close proximity to one another.
(logic) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the () operator.
As nouns the difference between concurrent and conjunction
is that concurrent is one who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause while conjunction is the act of joining, or condition of being joined.As an adjective concurrent
is happening at the same time; simultaneous.concurrent
English
of building models [http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Concurrent_testings].Adjective
(en adjective)- changes concurrent with the visual changes in the eye
- (Francis Bacon)
- I join with these laws the personal presence of the king's son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation.
- the concurrent testimony of antiquity
- the concurrent jurisdiction of courts
Coordinate terms
* leading, laggingDerived terms
* concurrent indicator * concurrentlyNoun
(en noun)- To all affairs of importance there are three necessary concurrents time, industry, and faculties.
- Menander had no concurrent in his time that came near unto him.
conjunction
English
(wikipedia conjunction)Noun
(en noun)- Certaine Nations (and amongst others, the Mahometane) abhorre Conjunction with women great with childe.
