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Intersperses vs Intersperser - What's the difference?

intersperses | intersperser |

As a verb intersperses

is (intersperse).

As a noun intersperser is

a device for varying audio playback.

intersperses

English

Verb

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  • (intersperse)

    • 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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    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A device for varying audio playback.
  • * 1973 , BM/E: The Magazine of Broadcast Management/Engineering
    • The CHANNEL CASTER is equipped with six inputs and an intersperser to mix music and ads or other spot announcements.
  • * 1973 , Billboard (volume 85, number 13, 31 March 1973, page 63)
    • TERRIFIC EQUIPMENT SALE — TWO Ampex VIF International 450 playbacks with intersperser , plus rack. Perfect condition. Only $1,650, FOB Chicago.
  • * 1976 , TV Communications (volume 13, issues 7-12, page 61)
    • The Librarian, for the larger on-premise or music operator locations, is a complete background music center in a compact cabinet. It incorporates two Tape-Athon transports, solid state amplification and the electronic intersperser for varying music sequences and tempo.