slide fastener vs zip fastener

slide fastener and zip fastener both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other synonyms of slide fastener include zip, zipper.

slide fastener (noun)	zip fastener (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