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Interfere vs Interloper - What's the difference?

interfere | interloper |

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)
  • To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.
  • I always try not to interfere with other people’s personal affairs.
  • (physics) (of waves) To be correlated with each other when overlapped]] or [[superpose, superposed.
  • 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.
  • (mostly of horses) To strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
  • Derived terms

    * interference

    See also

    * busy body * interferometry

    interloper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An unlicensed or illegitimate trader.
  • One who interferes, intrudes or gets involved where not welcome, particularly a self-interested intruder.
  • They disliked the interloper , and forced him to leave.

    See also

    * gatecrasher, peeping tom, persona non grata, encroacher, backseat driver, kibitzer, meddler, nosy parker, marplot, buttinsky, busybody

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