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Interjacent vs Interpose - What's the difference?

interjacent | interpose |

As an adjective interjacent

is situated between; lying among.

As a verb interpose is

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interjacent

English

Adjective

(-)
  • situated between; lying among.
    • "The interjacent islands between Asia and America admit his passing from one continent to the other..."'' (Thomas Jefferson, ''Notes on the State of Virginia )

    Derived terms

    * interjacence * interjacency

    Related terms

    * adjacent * circumjacent

    Coordinate terms

    * intervening

    interpose

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To insert something (or oneself) between other things.
    • to interpose a screen between the eye and the light
  • * Cowper
    • Mountains interposed / Make enemies of nations.
  • * Shakespeare
    • What watchful cares do interpose themselves / Betwixt your eyes and night?
  • To interrupt a conversation by introducing a different subject or making a comment.
    • (Milton)
  • To be inserted between parts or things; to come between.
  • * Cowper
    • long hid by interposing hill or wood.
  • To intervene in a dispute, or in a conversation.

    • Synonyms

    * insert * (To interrupt a conversation by introducing a different subject or making a comment) interrupt

    Anagrams

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