Contravene vs Interfere - What's the difference?
contravene | interfere |
To act contrary to an order, or fail to conform to a regulation.
*{{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=May 24
, author=Adam Gabbatt
, title=Canada student protests erupt into political crisis with mass arrests
, work=the Guardian
To deny the truth of something.
To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.
(physics) (of waves) To be correlated with each other when overlapped]] or [[superpose, superposed.
(mostly of horses) To strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
As verbs the difference between contravene and interfere
is that contravene is to act contrary to an order, or fail to conform to a regulation while interfere is .contravene
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Verb
(contraven)citation, page= , passage=Some legal experts argue that the bill contravenes Canada's charter of rights and freedoms. Montreal constitutional lawyer Julius Grey told the Vancouver Sun that Bill 78 was "flagrantly unconstitutional".}}
Anagrams
*interfere
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Alternative forms
* enterfere (obsolete)Verb
(interfer)- I always try not to interfere with other people’s personal affairs.
- Correlated waves interfere''' to produce interesting patterns, while uncorrelated waves overlap without '''interfering .
- Where the radio-wave signals of the two radio stations interfere the listener hears nothing but noise.
