Punctuate vs Intersperse - What's the difference?
punctuate | intersperse | Synonyms |
to add punctuation to
to add or to interrupt at regular intervals
to emphasize, to stress
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).
As verbs the difference between punctuate and intersperse
is that punctuate is to add punctuation to while intersperse is to mix two things irregularly, placing things of one kind among things of other.punctuate
English
Verb
(punctuat)- That occurrence of "its" needs to be punctuated .
- The pristine lawn was punctuated only by the single apple tree in the centre.
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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.