Interference vs Congestion - What's the difference?
interference | congestion |
The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.
(sports) The illegal obstruction of an opponent in some ball games.
(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.
(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.
The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation.
An excess of traffic.
(medicine) Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hypermic, active or passive; as, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs.
(medicine) An excess of mucus or fluid in the respiratory system; congestion of the lungs, or nasal congestion.
As nouns the difference between interference and congestion
is that interference is interference (all senses) while congestion is congestion.interference
English
(wikipedia interference)Noun
- They were glued to the TV, as the referee called out a fifteen yard penalty for interference .
- They wanted to watch the game on TV, but there was too much interference to even make out the score on the tiny screen.