Interfere vs Interloper - What's the difference?
interfere | interloper |
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.
(obsolete) An unlicensed or illegitimate trader.
One who interferes, intrudes or gets involved where not welcome, particularly a self-interested intruder.
As a verb interfere
is to get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.As a noun interloper is
(obsolete) an unlicensed or illegitimate trader.interfere
English
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.
Derived terms
* interferenceSee also
* busy body * interferometryExternal links
* (interference) ----interloper
English
Noun
(en noun)- They disliked the interloper , and forced him to leave.