Interlay vs Overlap - What's the difference?
interlay | overlap |
To insert layers of a different material.
To extend over and partly cover something.
To have an area, range, character or function in common.
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(mathematics) Used of sets that have some elements in common.
Something that overlaps or is overlapped
(rugby) a situation in the game where an attacking line has more players in it than the defensive line coming to meet it. The attacking side may exploit the overlap'' by using their superior numbers to break the opposition's defensive line. If attackers outnumber defenders by more than one player this is often termed a ''two man overlap'' or ''three man overlap'', etc. If the attacking side fails to break through usually due to poor execution, they are said to ''waste an overlap .
As verbs the difference between interlay and overlap
is that interlay is to insert layers of a different material while overlap is to extend over and partly cover something.As a noun overlap is
something that overlaps or is overlapped.interlay
English
Verb
- Each pair of pages of the book is interlaid by carbon paper.
overlap
English
(wikipedia overlap)Verb
(overlapp) (intransitive)- the mousemat overlapped the edge of the desk
- The two maps overlapped at the east and west edges
- Memento unfolds over 22 scenes—or, more accurately, 22 strands of time, the main strand (in color) moving backward in increments, and another strand (in black and white) going forward, though the two overlap profoundly.
- The set (all men) overlaps the set (vegetarians)
