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Successive vs Simultaneous - What's the difference?

successive | simultaneous |

As adjectives the difference between successive and simultaneous

is that successive is coming one after the other in a series while simultaneous is occurring or transpiring at the same time.

successive

English

Adjective

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  • Coming one after the other in a series.
    • They had won the title for five successive years.
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    • , year=2011 , date=November 5 , author=Phil Dawkes , title=QPR 2 - 3 Man City , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Mancini's men were far from their best but dug in to earn a 10th win in 11 league games and an eighth successive victory in all competitions to maintain their five-point lead at the top of the table.}}
  • Of, or relating to a succession; hereditary.
    • a successive''' title; a '''successive empire

    Synonyms

    * (in a series) consecutive

    Derived terms

    * successively * nonsuccessive

    Related terms

    * succeed * success

    simultaneous

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Occurring]] or [[transpire, transpiring at the same time.
  • *
    • As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc.

    Derived terms

    * simultaneously * simultaneity