Interstice vs Cleft - What's the difference?
interstice | cleft | Related terms |
A small opening or space between objects, especially adjacent objects or objects set closely together, as between cords in a rope or components of a multiconductor electrical cable or between atoms in a crystal.
An interval of time required by the Roman Catholic Church between the attainment of different degrees of an order.
By extension, a small interval of time free to be spent on activities other than one's primary goal.
Figuratively, a fragment of space
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An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.
A piece made by splitting.
A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.
(Webster 1913)
(cleave)
Interstice is a related term of cleft.
As nouns the difference between interstice and cleft
is that interstice is a small opening or space between objects, especially adjacent objects or objects set closely together, as between cords in a rope or components of a multiconductor electrical cable or between atoms in a crystal while cleft is an opening, fissure, or v-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.As a verb cleft is
(cleave).interstice
English
Noun
(en noun)- Relics of the British empire now mostly survive in the interstices of the global economy. They are the major winners from the fiscal haemorrhage that has resulted from financial globalisation.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "interstice")Synonyms
* gap, chink, slit, crevice, cranny, crack, fissureDerived terms
* interstitialExternal links
* * ----cleft
English
Noun
(en noun)- a cleft of wood