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Intersperse vs Pepper - What's the difference?

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In transitive terms the difference between intersperse and pepper

is that intersperse is to place or insert — to diversify by placing or inserting — other things among (something) while pepper is to add (something) at frequent intervals.

As verbs the difference between intersperse and pepper

is that intersperse is to mix two things irregularly, placing things of one kind among things of other while pepper is to add pepper to.

As a noun pepper is

a plant of the family Piperaceae.

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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    pepper

    English

    Noun

  • A plant of the family Piperaceae.
  • (uncountable) A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe berries of this plant.
  • A fruit of the capsicum: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in very spicy and mild varieties.
  • (baseball) A game used by baseball players to warm up where fielders standing close to a batter rapidly return the batted ball to be hit again
  • Some ballparks have signs saying "No pepper games".

    Synonyms

    * (fruit of the capsicum) ** (spicy) chili, chili pepper, chilli, hot pepper ** (mild) bell pepper, paprika, sweet pepper

    Derived terms

    * bell pepper * chili pepper * green pepper * hot pepper * pepper spray * red pepper * sweet pepper * tabasco pepper * white pepper

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To add pepper to.
  • To strike with something made up of small particles.
  • To cover with lots of (something made up of small things).
  • After the hailstorm, the beach was peppered with holes.
  • To add (something) at frequent intervals.
  • He liked to pepper his conversation with long words.

    See also

    * salt * * 1000 English basic words