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Interlace vs Interface - What's the difference?

interlace | interface |

In transitive terms the difference between interlace and interface

is that interlace is to cross one with another; to interweave: as, to interlace wires; hence, to mingle; to blend while interface is to construct an interface for, to connect through an interface.

In intransitive terms the difference between interlace and interface

is that interlace is to cross one another as if woven together, as interlacing branches; to intertwine; to blend intricately while interface is to be an interface, to be into an interface.

interlace

English

(wikipedia interlace)

Noun

(-)
  • A technique of improving the picture quality of a video signal primarily on CRT devices without consuming extra bandwidth.

    • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To cross one with another; to interweave: as, to interlace wires; hence, to mingle; to blend.
  • To cross one another as if woven together, as interlacing branches; to intertwine; to blend intricately.

    • Derived terms

    * interlaced * interlacement * interlacing

    References

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    interface

    English

    (wikipedia interface)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The point of interconnection between entities.
    • Public relations firms often serve as the interface between a company and the press.
  • (chemistry, physics) A thin layer or boundary between different substances or two phases of a single substance.
    • If water and oil are mixed together, they tend to separate, and at equilibrium they are in different strata with an oil-water interface in between.
    The surface of a lake is a water-air interface .
  • (computing) The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems.
    • The data is sent over the air interface to the remote system.
  • (computing) The connection between a user and a machine.
    • The options are selected via the user interface .
  • (computing, object-oriented) The connection between parts of software.
    • This interface is implemented by several Java classes.
  • (computing, object-oriented) In object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement.
    • The Audio and Video classes both implement the IPlayable interface .

    Derived terms

    * abstract interface * generic interface * marker interface * network interface * user interface

    Verb

    (interfac)
  • to construct an interface for, to connect through an interface
  • to be an interface, to be into an interface