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Interruption vs Counterbalance - What's the difference?

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Interruption is a related term of counterbalance.


As nouns the difference between interruption and counterbalance

is that interruption is the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted while counterbalance is (literally) a weight that is put in opposition to an equal weight so it keeps that in balance.

As a verb counterbalance is

to apply weight in order to balance an opposing weight.

interruption

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted.
  • *
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  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)
    • , volume=189, issue=2, page=27, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= The tao of tech , passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing"
  • A time interval during which there is a cessation of something.

    • See also

    * dead air

    counterbalance

    English

    (counterweight)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (literally) A weight that is put in opposition to an equal weight so it keeps that in balance.
  • (figuratively) A force or influence that balances, checks or limits an opposite one.

    • Synonyms

    * counterpoise * counterweight

    Verb

    (counterbalanc)
  • To apply weight in order to balance an opposing weight.
    • ''Big brother counterbalances his two siblings to the pound.
  • * Boyle
    • The remaining air was not able to counterbalance the mercurial cylinder.
  • To apply force in order to balance an opposite one.
    • ''Arm wrestling is undecided as long as the opponents counterbalance each-other
  • (figuratively) To match or equal in effect, but acting in opposition
    • ''The defenders' knowledge of the terrain roughly counterbalances the attackers' superior equipment
  • * Sir W. Hamilton
    • The study of mind is necessary to counterbalance and correct the influence of the study of nature.
  • *
    • A considerable effort has been made in these volumes to counterbalance this activity by introducing the student to the plants as living entities with a "life of their own," as Spruce put it.

    Synonyms

    * counteract * counterpoise * counterweight * equiponderate * offset

    Antonyms

    * outweigh * overcome * overpower