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Holistic vs Synergy - What's the difference?

holistic | synergy |

As an adjective holistic

is related to holism.

As a noun synergy is

behavior of a system that cannot be predicted by the behavior of its parts.

holistic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • related to holism
  • Relating to a study of the whole instead of a separation into parts.
  • Antonyms

    * atomistic

    synergy

    Noun

    (synergies)
  • Behavior of a system that cannot be predicted by the behavior of its parts.
  • (medicine) Combined action; the combined healthy action of every organ of a particular system; as, the digestive synergy.
  • (pharmacology) An interaction between drugs where the effects are stronger than their mere sum.
  • Benefits resulting from combining two different groups, people, objects or processes.
  • Usage notes

    * (term) is frequently dismissed as business jargon.

    Antonyms

    * anergy (in economics )