Interval vs Postponement - What's the difference?
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A distance in space.
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A period of time.
(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
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(cricket) Either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play
A delay, as a formal delay in a proceeding.
:The lawyer asked for a postponement in the trial so he could spend more time preparing before it began.
Interval is a related term of postponement.
As nouns the difference between interval and postponement
is that interval is a distance in space while postponement is a delay, as a formal delay in a proceeding.interval
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(wikipedia interval)Noun
(en noun)- 'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left, / A dreadful interval .
- the interval between contractions during childbirth
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