different between unison vs simultaneously

English

Etymology

From Middle English unisoun, from Middle French unisson, from Medieval Latin ?nisonus (“having the same sound”), from ?ni- +? sonus (“sound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?jun?s?n/, /?jun?z?n/

Noun

unison (usually uncountable, plural unisons)

1. (music, acoustics) Identical pitch between two notes or sounds; the simultaneous playing of notes of identical pitch (or separated by one or more octaves). [from 15th c.]

2. (music, acoustics) A sound or note having the same pitch as another, especially when used as the base note for an interval; a unison string. [from 15th c.]
   • 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. III, ch. 88:

     I could not behold him without emotion; when he accosted me, his well-known voice made my heart vibrate, like a musical chord, when its unison is struck.

3. The state of being in harmony or agreement; harmonious agreement or togetherness, synchronisation. [from 17th c.]

Abbreviations

• (in music): P1

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• unison on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Unions, nonius, unions

Romanian

Etymology

From French unisson, from Latin unisonus.

Noun

unison n (uncountable)

1. unison

Declension

Swedish

Adjective

unison (not comparable)

1. in unison (of song)

   unison sång

   sing-along

Declension

Anagrams

• unions

English

Etymology

simultaneous +? -ly

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s?m?l?te?n??sli/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sa?m?l?te?n??sli/

Adverb

simultaneously (not comparable)

1. 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.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:simultaneously

Related terms

• simultaneity
• concurrently

Translations