zip fastener vs slide fastener

zip fastener and slide fastener both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other synonyms of zip fastener include zip, zipper.

zip fastener (noun)	slide 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