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Interlock vs Lockout - What's the difference?

interlock | lockout |

As nouns the difference between interlock and lockout

is that interlock is a safety device that prevents activation in unsafe conditions while lockout is the opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.

As a verb interlock

is to fit together securely.

interlock

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To fit together securely.
  • To interlace.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A safety device that prevents activation in unsafe conditions.
  • :The demonstrator couldn't figure out why the machine wouldn't work, until he remembered that there was an interlock so it wouldn't operate with the cover open.

    • lockout

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.
  • The action of installing a lock to keep someone out of an area, such as eviction of a tenant by changing the lock.
  • (computing) A situation where the system is not responding to input.

    • Antonyms

    * (denial of work) strike; industrial peace