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Synchronize vs Synergy - What's the difference?

synchronize | synergy |

As a verb synchronize

is to cause two or more events to happen at exactly the same time, at the same rate, or in a time-coordinated way to harmonize in regard to time.

As a noun synergy is

behavior of a system that cannot be predicted by the behavior of its parts.

synchronize

English

(Synchronization)

Alternative forms

* synchronise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Verb

(synchroniz)
  • To cause two or more events to happen at exactly the same time, at the same rate, or in a time-coordinated way. To harmonize in regard to time.
  • To occur at the same time or with coordinated timing.
  • * De Quincey
  • The path of this great empire, through its arch of progress, synchronized with that of Christianity.

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from synchronize) * synchronisation/synchronization * synch * synchroniser/synchronizer * sync * synchrony * synchronicity * synchicity * synchronized swimming * synchronized skating

    synergy

    Noun

    (synergies)
  • Behavior of a system that cannot be predicted by the behavior of its parts.
  • (medicine) Combined action; the combined healthy action of every organ of a particular system; as, the digestive synergy.
  • (pharmacology) An interaction between drugs where the effects are stronger than their mere sum.
  • Benefits resulting from combining two different groups, people, objects or processes.
  • Usage notes

    * (term) is frequently dismissed as business jargon.

    Antonyms

    * anergy (in economics )