different between commingle vs interlard

English

Alternative forms

• co-mingle
• comingle

Etymology

co- +? mingle, with ‘m’ doubled to clarify pronunciation.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -????l

Verb

commingle (third-person singular simple present commingles, present participle commingling, simple past and past participle commingled)

1. (transitive) To mix, to blend.
2. (intransitive) To become mixed or blended.

Usage notes

Particularly used in financial law to refer to mixing funds – see commingling.

Translations

English

Etymology

From the literal sense of “to intersperse with alternate layers of lard (and/or other fats)”, existing since Middle English, from Middle French entrelarder, from entre- (“inter”) + larder (“to lard”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??nt??l??d/

Verb

interlard (third-person singular simple present interlards, present participle interlarding, simple past and past participle interlarded)

1. Bloat or embellish (something) by including (often minor and extraneous) details at regular intervals.
   • 1887, Theodor Eimer, Specialization in Science

     The German student appears only too often to think that he must present his subject in the most difficult phraseology, excessively interlarded with strange words, as if he purposely would permit a glance into the treasures of his science and his knowledge only to an extremely narrow circle.

Synonyms

• interweave

References