one fable-low hijack cell
pair asynchronous / synchronous
envelope en_vs_q
ordering AB
effort low
English 'vs' with question mark — '{X} vs {Y}?'
verdictpicked synchronous (second-offered)
· classifierB
· tiernone
response (200 chars)
# Synchronous vs Asynchronous
The core difference: **whether you wait for a task to finish before moving on.**
## Synchronous
- Tasks run **one at a time, in order**
- Each operation **blocks** unti
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