Interruption vs Interlude - What's the difference?
interruption | interlude | Synonyms |
The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption , for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.}}
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)
, volume=189, issue=2, page=27, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= A time interval during which there is a cessation of something.
An intervening episode, etc.
An entertainment between the acts of a play.
(music) A short piece put between the parts of a longer composition.
To provide with an interlude.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 18, author=Tammy La Gorce, title=Between Songs, Interludes That Fall Upon Deaf Ears, work=New York Times
, passage=Jimmy Jam, co-producer of Ms. Jackson’s heavily interluded and influential 1989 album, “Rhythm Nation 1814” (and producer of a forthcoming album by Usher with interludes), also defended them. }}
As nouns the difference between interruption and interlude
is that interruption is the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted while interlude is an intervening episode, etc.As a verb interlude is
to provide with an interlude.interruption
English
Noun
(en noun)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"
See also
* dead airinterlude
English
(wikipedia interlude)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(interlud)citation