Intertwine vs Intersperse - What's the difference?
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To twine something together.
* 2005 , .
To become twined together.
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:
# To scatter or insert (something) into or among (other things).
#* 1985 , Jane Y. Murdock, Barbara V. Hartmann, Communication and language intervention program (CLIP) for individuals with moderate to severe handicaps , page 46:
# To place or insert — to diversify by placing or inserting — other things among (something).
Intertwine is a related term of intersperse.
As verbs the difference between intertwine and intersperse
is that intertwine is to twine something together while intersperse is to mix two things irregularly, placing things of one kind among things of other:.intertwine
English
Verb
(intertwin)- You see, no doubt, that yet again, thanks to this intertwining , our many-headed sophist has forced us against our will to admit that what is not is in a way.
Synonyms
* (twine around each other) (l)intersperse
English
Verb
(interspers)- 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.
- Mother Nature interspersed a few dandelions among the petunias, but it was a pretty garden, anyway.
- Review tasks are particularly useful to intersperse when students are experiencing considerable failure.
- Mother Nature interspersed the petunias with a few dandelions, but it was a pretty garden, anyway.