Interleaved vs Alternate - What's the difference?
interleaved | alternate |
(interleave)
To insert (pages, which are normally blank) between the pages of a book
To intersperse (something) at regular intervals between the parts of a thing
(computing) To allocate (things such as successive segments of memory) to different tasks
Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.
(mathematics) Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.
(US) Other; alternative.
(botany) Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence.
That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
* Matthew Prior
(US) A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
(mathematics) A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
(US) A replacement of equal or greater value or function.
(heraldry) Figures or tinctures that succeed each other by turns.
To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
* Grew
To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with .
To vary by turns.
As verbs the difference between interleaved and alternate
is that interleaved is past tense of interleave while alternate is to perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.As an adjective alternate is
being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.As a noun alternate is
that which alternates with something else; vicissitude.interleaved
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Verb
(head)interleave
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Alternative forms
* interleafVerb
(interleav)Derived terms
* interleaved * interleavingalternate
English
(Webster 1913)Adjective
(-)- And bid alternate passions fall and rise . -
- the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc.
- Hyperlinked text is displayed in alternate color in a Web browser.
- (Gray)
Noun
(en noun)- Grateful alternates of substantial.
Verb
(alternat)- The most high God, in all things appertaining unto this life, for sundry wise ends alternates the disposition of good and evil.
- The flood and ebb tides alternate with each other.
- ''The land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.