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Intermede vs Intercede - What's the difference?

intermede | intercede |

As a noun intermede

is interlude.

As a verb intercede is

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intermede

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A short musical dramatic piece, of a light, pleasing, and sometimes burlesque character.
  • An interlude between the acts of a play or opera.
    • (Webster 1913)

    intercede

    English

    Verb

    (interced)
  • To plead on someone else's behalf.
  • To act as a mediator in a dispute; to arbitrate or mediate.
  • * Milton
    • I to the lords will intercede , not doubting their favourable ear.
  • To pass between; to intervene.
  • * Sir M. Hale
    • He supposed that a vast period interceded between that origination and the age wherein he lived.

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