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Intersperse vs Intercalated - What's the difference?

intersperse | intercalated |

As verbs the difference between intersperse and intercalated

is that intersperse is to mix two things irregularly, placing things of one kind among things of other: while intercalated is (intercalate).

As an adjective intercalated is

(geology) interleaved, formed in distinctly alternating layers.

intersperse

English

Verb

(interspers)
  • To mix two things irregularly, placing things of one kind among things of other:
  • * 1991 , Frank Biocca, Television and Political Advertising: Signs, codes, and images , page 76:
  • For example, a commercial sequence might intersperse pictures of a senator working in his office with shots of ordinary Americans happily working in various walks of life.
  • # To scatter or insert (something) into or among (other things).
  • Mother Nature interspersed a few dandelions among the petunias, but it was a pretty garden, anyway.
  • #* 1985 , Jane Y. Murdock, Barbara V. Hartmann, Communication and language intervention program (CLIP) for individuals with moderate to severe handicaps , page 46:
  • Review tasks are particularly useful to intersperse when students are experiencing considerable failure.
  • # To place or insert — to diversify by placing or inserting — other things among (something).
  • Mother Nature interspersed the petunias with a few dandelions, but it was a pretty garden, anyway.
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    intercalated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (intercalate)
  • Adjective

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  • (geology) interleaved, formed in distinctly alternating layers.