Interval vs. Interlude

Intervalnoun

A distance in space.

Interludenoun

An intervening episode, etc.

Intervalnoun

A period of time.

‘the interval between contractions during childbirth’;

Interludenoun

An entertainment between the acts of a play.

Intervalnoun

(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).

Interludenoun

(music) A short piece put between the parts of a longer composition.

Intervalnoun

(mathematics) A connected section of the real line which may be empty or have a length of zero.

Interludeverb

(transitive) To provide with an interlude.

Intervalnoun

An intermission.

Interludenoun

A short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of waiting.

‘Dreams are but interludes, which fancy makesWhen monarch reason sleeps.’;

Intervalnoun

(sports) half time, a scheduled intermission between the periods of play

Interludenoun

A form of English drama or play, usually short, merry, and farcical, which succeeded the Moralities or Moral Plays in the transition to the romantic or Elizabethan drama.

Intervalnoun

(cricket) Either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play

Interludenoun

A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas of a hymn, or in German chorals after each line.

Intervalnoun

A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills.

‘'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left,A dreadful interval.’;

Interludenoun

Any intervening period of time, space, etc.; a pause between phases of an activity.

Intervalnoun

Space of time between any two points or events; as, the interval between the death of Charles I. of England, and the accession of Charles II.

Interludenoun

an intervening period or episode

Intervalnoun

A brief space of time between the recurrence of similar conditions or states; as, the interval between paroxysms of pain; intervals of sanity or delirium.

Interludenoun

a brief show (music or dance etc) performed between the sections of another performance

Intervalnoun

Difference in pitch between any two tones.

Interludeverb

perform an interlude;

‘The guitar player interluded with a beautiful improvisation’;

Intervalnoun

A tract of low ground between hills, or along the banks of a stream, usually alluvial land, enriched by the overflowings of the river, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the adjacent hills. Cf. Bottom, n., 7.

‘The woody intervale just beyond the marshy land.’;

Intervalnoun

a definite length of time marked off by two instants

Intervalnoun

a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints

Intervalnoun

the distance between things;

‘fragile items require separation and cushioning’;

Intervalnoun

the difference in pitch between two notes

Intervalnoun

an intervening time

‘the day should be dry with sunny intervals’; ‘after his departure, there was an interval of many years without any meetings’;

Intervalnoun

a component of activity in interval training

‘they ran, sprinted, and jogged for four 15-minute intervals at two different times’;

Intervalnoun

a pause or break in activity

‘an interval of mourning’;

Intervalnoun

a period of time separating parts of a theatrical or musical performance.

Intervalnoun

a break between the parts of a sports match

‘United led 3–0 at the interval’;

Intervalnoun

a space between two things; a gap.

Intervalnoun

the difference in pitch between two sounds.