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Interpose vs Interponent - What's the difference?

interpose | interponent |

As a verb interpose

is .

As a noun interponent is

one who, or that which, interposes; an interloper; an opponent.

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

    * ----

    interponent

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, interposes; an interloper; an opponent.
    • (Heywood)
    (Webster 1913) ----