Medieval vs Interval - What's the difference?
medieval | interval |
Of or relating to the Middle Ages, the period from about 500 to about 1500.
Having characteristics associated with the Middle Ages.
Archaic.
Brutal.
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Someone living in the Middle Ages.
A medieval example (of something aforementioned or understood from context).
* Thank God for modern remedies, the medievals were often useless or even harmful.
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
As an adjective medieval
is medieval (of or relating to the middle ages).As a noun interval is
a distance in space.medieval
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Alternative forms
* mediaeval, (used for archaizing effect although non-contemporary), medireview (autocorrected misspelling)Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* medievaldom * medievalism * medievalist * medievalize * medireviewNoun
(en noun)interval
English
(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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