Intermix vs Intersperse - What's the difference?
intermix | intersperse | Related terms |
To mix together; to intermingle or blend.
An intermixture; the product of mixing together
*{{quote-book, 1973, Wilson Brian Key, Subliminal Seduction
, passage=This idealized structure may not exist in reality, considering the high divorce rate and the intermixes of maternal-paternal dominance characteristics.}}
To mix two things irregularly, placing things of one kind among things of other:
* 1991 , Frank Biocca, Television and Political Advertising: Signs, codes, and images , page 76:
# To scatter or insert (something) into or among (other things).
#* 1985 , Jane Y. Murdock, Barbara V. Hartmann, Communication and language intervention program (CLIP) for individuals with moderate to severe handicaps , page 46:
# To place or insert — to diversify by placing or inserting — other things among (something).
Intermix is a related term of intersperse.
As verbs the difference between intermix and intersperse
is that intermix is to mix together; to intermingle or blend while intersperse is to mix two things irregularly, placing things of one kind among things of other:.As a noun intermix
is an intermixture; the product of mixing together.intermix
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* intermixture * intermixerNoun
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(interspers)- For example, a commercial sequence might intersperse pictures of a senator working in his office with shots of ordinary Americans happily working in various walks of life.
- Mother Nature interspersed a few dandelions among the petunias, but it was a pretty garden, anyway.
- Review tasks are particularly useful to intersperse when students are experiencing considerable failure.
- Mother Nature interspersed the petunias with a few dandelions, but it was a pretty garden, anyway.