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Interact vs Collide - What's the difference?

interact | collide |

As verbs the difference between interact and collide

is that interact is to act upon each other; as, two agents mutually interact while collide is to impact directly, especially if violent.

As a noun interact

is a short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time.

interact

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time.
    • (Chesterfield)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To act upon each other; as, two agents mutually interact.

    • collide

    English

    Verb

    (collid)
  • To impact directly, especially if violent
    • When a body collides with another, then momentum is conserved.
  • * Tyndall
    • Across this space the attraction urges them. They collide , they recoil, they oscillate.
  • * Carlyle
    • No longer rocking and swaying, but clashing and colliding .
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=June 2 , author= Phil McNulty , title=England 1-0 Belgium , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=And this friendly was not without its injury worries, with defender Gary Cahill substituted early on after a nasty, needless push by Dries Mertens that caused him to collide with goalkeeper Joe Hart, an incident that left the Chelsea defender requiring a precautionary X-ray at Wembley.}}
  • To come into conflict, or be incompatible
    • China collided with the modern world.

    Synonyms

    * clash

    Related terms

    * collision

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