Concurrent vs Sequential - What's the difference?
concurrent | sequential |
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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Succeeding or following in order.
As adjectives the difference between concurrent and sequential
is that concurrent is happening at the same time; simultaneous while sequential is succeeding or following in order.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)- 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.