Intrude vs Infringe - What's the difference?
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To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass.
* I. Watts
Break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
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As verbs the difference between intrude and infringe
is that intrude is to thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass while infringe is break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.intrude
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Verb
(intrud)- to intrude''' on families at unseasonable hours; to '''intrude on the lands of another
- Some thoughts rise and intrude upon us, while we shun them; others fly from us, when we would hold them.
Derived terms
* intruder * intrusionSee also
* invadeAnagrams
* untriedinfringe
English
Alternative forms
* enfringeVerb
(en-verb)Obama goes troll-hunting, passage=According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.}}