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Interference vs Chronoclasm - What's the difference?

interference | chronoclasm |

As nouns the difference between interference and chronoclasm

is that interference is interference (all senses) while chronoclasm is the intentional destruction of clocks and other time artifacts.

interference

English

(wikipedia interference)

Noun

  • The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.
  • (sports) The illegal obstruction of an opponent in some ball games.
    • They were glued to the TV, as the referee called out a fifteen yard penalty for interference .
  • (physics) An effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves, such as a distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects.
    • They wanted to watch the game on TV, but there was too much interference to even make out the score on the tiny screen.
  • (US, legal) In United States patent law, an inter partes proceeding to determine the priority issues of multiple patent applications; a priority contest.
  • (chess) The interruption of the line between an attacked piece and its defender by sacrificially interposing a piece.

    • Antonyms

    * non-interference

    Derived terms

    * interference drag * interference filter * interference fit * interference fringes * interference microscope

    chronoclasm

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The intentional destruction of clocks and other time artifacts
  • (politics) The desire to crush the prevailing sense of time, due to a conflict regarding the fixation of linear time in a community
  • A temporarily frazzled mental state resulting from confusion over what time it is.
  • (science fiction) An interference with the course of history caused by time travel.

    • References

    * Time, Work-Discipline and Industrial Capitalism - E P Thompson - PDF-version * Mastered By The Clock: Time, Slavery, and Freedom in the American South