slide fastener vs zip

slide fastener and zip both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
slide fastener	Yes	No	No	No
zip	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, slide fastener and zip are synonyms defined as:

slide fastener and zip: a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab

Other synonyms of slide fastener include zip fastener, zipper.

slide fastener (noun)	zip (noun)
a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab	a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
	forceful exertion
	a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential

slide fastener (verb)	zip (verb)
	close with a zipper
	move very fast