Simultaneous vs. Contemporaneous

Simultaneous vs. Contemporaneous — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Simultaneous and Contemporaneous

Simultaneousadjective

Happening at the same moment.

Contemporaneousadjective

Existing or created in the same period of time.

Look in other contemporaneous works to see whether that idea was common then.

Simultaneousadjective

To be solved for the same values of variables.

Contemporaneousadjective

occurring in the same period of time;

a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflationthe composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart

Simultaneousadjective

occurring or operating at the same time;

a series of coincident events

Contemporaneousadjective

of the same period

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