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Interval vs Instances - What's the difference?

interval | instances |

As nouns the difference between interval and instances

is that interval is a distance in space while instances is .

As a verb instances is

(instance).

interval

Noun

(en noun)
  • A distance in space.
  • * Milton
  • 'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left, / A dreadful interval .
  • A period of time.
  • the interval between contractions during childbirth
  • (music) The difference (a ratio or logarithmic measure) in pitch between two notes, often referring to those two pitches themselves (otherwise known as a dyad).
  • (mathematics) A connected section of the real line which may be empty or have a length of zero.
  • (chiefly, British) An intermission.
  • (sports) half time, a scheduled intermission between the periods of play
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=November 12 , author= , title=International friendly: England 1-0 Spain , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Spain made three substitutions at the interval , sending on former Arsenal captain Fabregas, Chelsea's Juan Mata and Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina for Xavi, David Silva and Casillas.}}
  • (cricket) Either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play
  • Hyponyms

    * (mathematics) open interval, half-open interval, closed interval

    instances

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (instance)
  • Anagrams

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