different between interfere vs busybody

English

Alternative forms

• enterfere (obsolete)

Etymology

Old French entreferir, from entre- + ferir (“to hit, to strike”), itself from the Latin verb ferio.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??nt??f??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??nt??f??/
• Hyphenation: in?ter?fere
• Rhymes: -??(r)

Verb

interfere (third-person singular simple present interferes, present participle interfering, simple past and past participle interfered)

1. (intransitive) To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.

   I always try not to interfere with other people’s personal affairs.

2. (intransitive, physics) (of waves) To be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed.

   Correlated waves interfere to produce interesting patterns, while uncorrelated waves overlap without interfering.

   Where the radio-wave signals of the two radio stations interfere the listener hears nothing but noise.

3. (mostly of horses) To strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
4. (intransitive, followed by "with") To sexually molest, especially of a child.

   The investigation found the boys had been interfered with.

Derived terms

• interference

Translations

See also

• busy body
• interferometry

Further reading

• interference on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Verb

interf?re

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of interfor

Portuguese

Verb

interfere

1. third-person singular present indicative of interferir
2. second-person singular imperative of interferir

English

Alternative forms

• busy body

Etymology

busy +? body

Noun

busybody (plural busybodies)

1. Someone who interferes with others; one who is nosy, intrusive or meddlesome.
   • 1526, William Tyndale, Bible: 1 Peter 4:15,

     Se that none of you suffre as a murtherer or as a thefe or an evyll doar or as a busybody in other mens matters.

Synonyms

• (one who interferes or is nosy or intrusive): marplot, meddler, kibitzer, nosy parker

Derived terms

• busybodying
• busybodyism

Translations