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Simultaneously vs Coincidentally - What's the difference?

simultaneously | coincidentally |

As adverbs the difference between simultaneously and coincidentally

is that simultaneously is occurring at the same time while coincidentally is in a coincidental manner.

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.}}

    coincidentally

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a coincidental manner.