Interference vs Hiatus - What's the difference?
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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.
A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
An interruption, break or pause.
An unexpected break from work.
(geology) A gap in geological strata.
(anatomy) An opening in an organ.
(linguistics)
# A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant. (Compare diphthong.)
# The condition of having such a break.
Interference is a related term of hiatus.
As nouns the difference between interference and hiatus
is that interference is interference (all senses) while hiatus is a gap in a series, making it incomplete.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.
Antonyms
* non-interferenceDerived terms
* interference drag * interference filter * interference fit * interference fringes * interference microscopehiatus
English
Noun
(en-noun)- The band took a hiatus for three months.
- Hiatus aorticus is an opening in the diaphragm through which aorta and thoracic duct pass.
- Words like'' reality ''and'' naïve ''contain vowels in hiatus .
