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Synchronously vs Simultaneously - What's the difference?

synchronously | simultaneously |

As adverbs the difference between synchronously and simultaneously

is that synchronously is in a synchronous manner; an action as carried out with synchrony; in phase or at the same time while simultaneously is occurring at the same time.

synchronously

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a synchronous manner; an action as carried out with synchrony; in phase or at the same time.

    • 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.}}

    Related terms

    * simultaneity