different between interrupt vs impede
interrupt
English
Alternative forms
- interrumpt (archaic), interroupt (rare), interrout (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin interruptus, from interrumpere (“to break apart, break to pieces, break off, interrupt”), from inter (“between”) + rumpere (“to break”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??nt????pt/ (verb)
- (verb)
- Rhymes: -?pt (verb)
- IPA(key): /??nt????pt/ (noun)
- Hyphenation: in?ter?rupt
Verb
interrupt (third-person singular simple present interrupts, present participle interrupting, simple past and past participle interrupted)
- (transitive, intransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly.
- (transitive) To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.
- (transitive, computing) To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled.
Antonyms
- continue
- resume
Related terms
- interruptee
- interrupter
- interruption
- abrupt
- corrupt
- disrupt
Translations
Noun
interrupt (plural interrupts)
- (computing, electronics) An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition.
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- interrupt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- interrupt in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- interrupt at OneLook Dictionary Search
interrupt From the web:
- what interrupted super bowl xlvii
- what interrupted the super bowl in 2004
- what interrupted super bowl 47 for 34 minutes
- what interrupted their singing
- what interrupted the chinese civil war
- what interrupted super bowl xlvii for 34 minutes
- what interrupts rem sleep
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impede
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin impedi? (“to shackle”), from p?s (“foot”) (compare pedestrian). First attested use as a verb was in William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?pi?d/
- Rhymes: -i?d
Verb
impede (third-person singular simple present impedes, present participle impeding, simple past and past participle impeded)
- (transitive) To get in the way of; to hinder.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:hinder
Antonyms
- assist, help
- expede (obsolete)
- expedite
Related terms
- expede, expedite
- impediment
Translations
Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “impede”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- impeed
Portuguese
Verb
impede
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of impedir
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of impedir
impede From the web:
- what impede means
- what impedes minority representation in congress
- what impedes iron absorption
- what impedes the communication of a message
- what impedes vitamin d absorption
- what impedes wifi signal
- what impeded the effectiveness of the fourteenth amendment
- what impedes firms from achieving the optimal
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