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Meantime vs Simultaneously - What's the difference?

meantime | simultaneously |

As adverbs the difference between meantime and simultaneously

is that meantime is during the interval; meanwhile while simultaneously is occurring at the same time.

As a noun meantime

is the time spent waiting for another event; time in between.

meantime

English

Alternative forms

* mean time

Noun

(-)
  • The time spent waiting for another event; time in between.
    • I'll get started tomorrow but, in the meantime , let's see if we can get a few more opinions.

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * for the mean time, for the meantime * in mean time, in meantime * in the mean time, in the meantime * this mean time, this meantime

    Related terms

    * meanwhile

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • during the interval; meanwhile
  • * 1919 , :
    • Meantime Pope Urban II convoked two councils, one after another.
  • * 1934 , edition, ISBN 0553278193, page 97:
    • Lunch will be in twenty minutes. Meantime : I have

    Usage notes

    Usually appears sentence-initially.

    simultaneously

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Occurring at the same time.
  • *
    • The hens woke up squawking with terror because they had all dreamed simultaneously of hearing a gun go off in the distance.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Timothy Garton Ash)
    • , volume=189, issue=6, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli , passage=Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.}}

    Related terms

    * simultaneity