Entwine vs Interlock - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between entwine and interlock

is that entwine is to twist or twine around something (or one another) while interlock is to fit together securely.

As a noun interlock is

a safety device that prevents activation in unsafe conditions.

entwine

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

Verb

(entwin)

To twist or twine around something (or one another).

* Shelley

entwined in duskier wreaths her braided locks

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Usage notes

Particularly used in attributive form entwined. Often used interchangeably with intertwine, with minor usage distinctions. In symmetric sense of two things twining around each other, such as the branches of two trees, narrower (term) may be preferred, but these are not strictly distinguished. In asymmetric sense of one thing twined in or around another – rather than mutually – such as a vine twined around a tree (but tree not twined around the vine), entwined is preferred.

Synonyms

* (twine around one another) (l)

interlock

English

Verb

(en verb)

To fit together securely.

To interlace.

Noun

(en noun)

A safety device that prevents activation in unsafe conditions.

:The demonstrator couldn't figure out why the machine wouldn't work, until he remembered that there was an interlock so it wouldn't operate with the cover open.