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Synchronic vs Synchronal - What's the difference?

synchronic | synchronal |

As adjectives the difference between synchronic and synchronal

is that synchronic is occurring at a specific point in time while synchronal is synchronous; simultaneous.

synchronic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • occurring at a specific point in time.
  • (linguistics) relating to the study of a language at only one point in its history.

    • Usage notes

    * (sense) Synchronic comparison of two languages focuses on categorizing phenomena typologically, whereas a diachronic comparison may be looking for common origins or causes of these phenomena, viewed as genetic relationships.

    Antonyms

    * (occurring at a specific point in time) diachronic * (linguistics) diachronic

    Derived terms

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    Related terms

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    synchronal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Synchronous; simultaneous.

    • References

    * United States Bureau of Mines, Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms (1996).