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Intermittent vs. Occasional
Intermittent
/ˌɪntəˈmɪtənt/Examples:
The rain was intermittent throughout the day.His health suffered due to his intermittent sleeping schedule.The city's power supply was intermittent during the storm.
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Occasional
/əˈkeɪʒənəl/Examples:
The road was in poor condition with the occasional large hole.'I will be calm!' he said, knocking over an occasional table.She attends the meetings, making occasional comments.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Remember occasional as events that happen sometimes or not regularly, like rain showers that occur every now and then.
- Think of intermittent as starting, stopping, and starting again, like intermittent fasting where you eat and then stop for periods.
- Use occasional for something infrequent but not necessarily following a pattern, while intermittent has some regularity and often cyclical pauses.
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