Halftime vs. Intermission — What's the Difference?

The intermission between halves in games of certain sports, such as basketball and football.

An intermission, also known as an interval in British and Indian English, is a recess between parts of a performance or production, such as for a theatrical play, opera, concert, or film screening. It should not be confused with an entr'acte (French: "between acts"), which, in the 18th century, was a sung, danced, spoken, or musical performance that occurs between any two acts, that is unrelated to the main performance, and that thus in the world of opera and musical theater became an orchestral performance that spans an intermission and leads, without a break, into the next act.Jean-François Marmontel and Denis Diderot both viewed the intermission as a period in which the action did not in fact stop, but continued off-stage.

(US) half-time

An interval between periods of activity, as between the acts of a play.

(American football) The halftime show, the primary light entertainment of a game, after the second quarter, when players can physically recover, coaches can give players a pep talk, bets can be doubled, etc.

A break between two performances or sessions, such as at a concert, play, seminar, or religious assembly.

(US) half-time

The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance.

(US) half-time

Cessation for a time; an intervening period of time; an interval; a temporary pause; as, to labor without intermission; an intermission of ten minutes.

An intermission between the first and second half of a game, especially a football game. Also used attributively, as the halftime entertainment

The short period between acts of a play, concert, opera, or other public performance when the audience may leave their seats for refreshment; - it usually lasts from 10 to 20 minutes.

An intermission between the first and second half of a game

The temporary cessation or subsidence of a fever; the space of time between the paroxysms of a disease. Intermission is an entire cessation, as distinguished from remission, or abatement of fever.

Intervention; interposition.

The act of suspending activity temporarily

A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something