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Interpose vs Sandwich - What's the difference?

interpose | sandwich |

As verbs the difference between interpose and sandwich

is that interpose is to insert something (or oneself) between other things while sandwich is to place one item between two other, usually flat, items.

As a noun sandwich is

a dish or foodstuff where two or more slices of bread serve as the wrapper or container of some other food.

As an adjective sandwich is

of a meal or serving size that is smaller than a dinner.

As a proper noun Sandwich is

a town in Kent, south-east England, one of the historic Cinque Ports.

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

    * ----

    sandwich

    English

    (wikipedia sandwich) (Structured composite sandwich)

    Noun

    (es)
  • A dish or foodstuff where two or more slices of bread serve as the wrapper or container of some other food.
  • (by extension) Any combination formed by layering one type of material between two layers of some other material.

    • Synonyms

    * See

    Hyponyms

    * hamburger, burger * -burger * patty melt

    Derived terms

    {{der3, club sandwich , Dagwood sandwich , Dutch sandwich , knuckle sandwich , open sandwich , sandwich spread , sandwich board , sandwichable , sandwichy , soup sandwich}}

    Descendants

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    Verb

    (es)
  • To place one item between two other, usually flat, items
  • (figuratively) To put or set something between two others, in time.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=April 11 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Dirk Kuyt sandwiched a goal in between Carroll's double as City endured a night of total misery, with captain Carlos Tevez limping off early on with a hamstring strain that puts a serious question mark over his participation in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley. }}

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (US) Of a meal or serving size that is smaller than a dinner.

    • Usage notes

    * The adjective sense is used primarily by restaurants specializing in barbeque, and does not imply that the meal includes an actual sandwich. English eponyms English refractory feminine rhymes ----