slide fastener vs zipper

slide fastener and zipper both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other synonyms of slide fastener include zip, zip fastener.

slide fastener (noun)	zipper (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

slide fastener (verb)	zipper (verb)
	close with a zipper