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i wish people would stop thinking these words mean something that everyone knows
Anyone can host a server that'll talk to the others seamlessly (like Lemmy), but it doesn't talk to Lemmy
To explain more specifically. Matrix is federated, so you can talk to other matrix servers like Lemmy instances can. However, matrix not part of the Fediverse, which is built on activity pub, which lets Lemmy, Masotodon, Pixfed and others all talk to each other.
Lemmy and Mastodon technically communicate on the same protocol, but they don't currently communicate with each other in any meaningful way. Possibly in the future, but probably not imo.
I think you can comment on lemmy posts from a mastodon instance
Support for groups (i.e. communities on Lemmy) is coming to Mastodon sometime soon.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/federated
Fediverse isn't a real word though