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Intermitted vs Infrequent - What's the difference?

intermitted | infrequent |

As a verb intermitted

is (intermit).

As an adjective infrequent is

infrequent.

intermitted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (intermit)

    • intermit

    English

    Verb

    (intermitt)
  • To interrupt, to stop or cease temporarily or periodically; to suspend.
  • *, vol. I, New York 2001, p.243:
  • *:Idlenessof body is nothing but a kind of of benumbing laziness, intermitting exercise, which, if we may believe Fernelius, “[…] makes them unapt to do anything whatever.”
  • * Shakespeare
    • Pray to the gods to intermit the plague.

    Derived terms

    * intermittence * intermittency * intermittent

    Related terms

    * intermission

    infrequent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not frequent; not happening frequently.

    • Derived terms

    * infrequency * infrequently