Periodical vs Concurrent - What's the difference?
periodical | concurrent |
A publication issued regularly, but less frequently than daily.
A publication that appears at fixed intervals.
A publication that often contains the most current information in the field, on every conceivable topic, often in greater detail than other publication formats.
The primary means for communication of original scholarship or creative work at the cutting edge of research in almost all fields.
Periodic.
* Sir J. Herschel
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Published at regular intervals of more than one day, especially weekly, monthly, or quarterly.
* Courthope
Of, or relating to such a publication.
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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As nouns the difference between periodical and concurrent
is that periodical is a publication issued regularly, but less frequently than daily while concurrent is one who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.As adjectives the difference between periodical and concurrent
is that periodical is periodic while concurrent is happening at the same time; simultaneous.periodical
English
(wikipedia periodical)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (a publication that appears at fixed intervals) serialReferences
* www.onelook.com * encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861725056Adjective
(en adjective)- The periodical times of all the satellites.
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- To influence opinion through the periodical press.
Anagrams
*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.