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Intersperse vs Depict - What's the difference?

intersperse | depict |

As verbs the difference between intersperse and depict

is that intersperse is to mix two things irregularly, placing things of one kind among things of other: while depict is to render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.

As an adjective depict is

(obsolete) depicted.

intersperse

English

Verb

(interspers)
  • 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:
    • 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.
  • # To scatter or insert (something) into or among (other things).
  • Mother Nature interspersed a few dandelions among the petunias, but it was a pretty garden, anyway.
  • #* 1985 , Jane Y. Murdock, Barbara V. Hartmann, Communication and language intervention program (CLIP) for individuals with moderate to severe handicaps , page 46:
  • Review tasks are particularly useful to intersperse when students are experiencing considerable failure.
  • # To place or insert — to diversify by placing or inserting — other things among (something).
  • Mother Nature interspersed the petunias with a few dandelions, but it was a pretty garden, anyway.

    • Related terms

    * interspersed * interspersion

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    depict

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.
  • * 1984 , Lawrence Starr, "Toward a Reevaluation of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess," American Music , vol. 2, no. 2, p. 27,
    • The well-known words depict a woman seeking sanctuary in a love relationship form a brutal, rapacious man.
  • * 1987 , Niall O'Loughlin, "Music Reviews: 20th-century guitar," The Musical Times , vol. 128, no. 1734, p. 443,
    • Here the music depicts the delicate pattern of ice on windows.
  • * 1994 , E. Pennisi, "Breathe (xenon) deeply to see lungs clearly," Science News , vol. 146, no. 5, p. 70 (caption),
    • False-color computer images depict lungs removed from a mouse.

    Usage notes

    * The subjects of the verb include words, music and images.

    Synonyms

    * portray, supply, figure, express, exhibit, register, show, return, establish, shew, deliver, present, read, indicate, evidence, point, record, testify, fancy, picture, translate, visualize, usher, give, envision, turn in, designate, limn, show up, render, evince, provide, prove, image, yield, demonstrate, fork out, draw, visualise, generate, describe, interpret, project, submit

    Related terms

    * depiction

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Depicted.
    • (Lydgate)