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Interloper vs Marplot - What's the difference?

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Interloper is a see also of marplot.


As nouns the difference between interloper and marplot

is that interloper is (obsolete) an unlicensed or illegitimate trader while marplot is a meddlesome person whose activity interferes with the plans of others.

interloper

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) An unlicensed or illegitimate trader.
  • One who interferes, intrudes or gets involved where not welcome, particularly a self-interested intruder.
    • They disliked the interloper , and forced him to leave.

    Related terms

    * interlope * lope

    See also

    * gatecrasher, peeping tom, persona non grata, encroacher, backseat driver, kibitzer, meddler, nosy parker, marplot, buttinsky, busybody

    References

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    marplot

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A meddlesome person whose activity interferes with the plans of others.
  • * 1920 , , The Understanding Heart , Chapter XI
  • *:“The old marplot has discovered the baby,” Monica whispered. “I suppose it cried and woke him up, and now he thinks he's witness to a miracle.”
  • *2012 , (Michael Burleigh), ‘Keeping the Flame Alive’, Literary Review , 402:
  • *:Unthinking Anglo-Saxons regard him as a Gallic marplot , rather than the great twentieth-century statesman he was – certainly the greatest Frenchman since Napoleon.

    • See also

    * gatecrasher, interloper, peeping tom, persona non grata, encroacher, backseat driver, kibitzer, meddler, nosy parker, intruder, buttinsky, busybody, yenta