Synergy vs Cooperation - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between synergy and cooperation

is that synergy is behavior of a system that cannot be predicted by the behavior of its parts while cooperation is the act of cooperating.

(wikipedia synergy)

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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.

* (term) is frequently dismissed as business jargon.

* anergy (in economics )

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(usually, uncountable) The act of cooperating.

Active help from a person, organization, etc.

An orderly sharing of space or resources.

Association for mutual benefit, such as for purposes of production or purchase.

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