Interstice vs Liminal - What's the difference?
interstice | liminal |
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
* 2013 , Simon Jenkins, Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history'' (in ''The Guardian , 14 August 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/14/gibraltar-falklands-deny-logic-history]
Of or pertaining to a threshold or entrance.
Of or pertaining to a beginning or first stage of a process; inceptive; inchoative; marginal.
As a noun 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.As an adjective liminal is
of or pertaining to a threshold or entrance.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.
