Interferes vs Distracts - What's the difference?
interferes | distracts |
(interfere)
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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.
(distract)
To divert the attention of.
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, title= (obsolete) Separated; drawn asunder.
(obsolete) Insane; mad.
As verbs the difference between interferes and distracts
is that interferes is while distracts is (distract).interferes
English
Verb
(head)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) ----distracts
English
Verb
(head)distract
English
Verb
(en verb)Arsenal 1-0 Everton, passage=While Gunners boss Arsene Wenger had warned his players against letting the pre-match festivities distract them from the task at hand, they clearly struggled for fluency early on.}}
Travels and travails, passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}
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Adjective
(-)- (Drayton)