I don't see how that's the opposite. things can appear from time to time at regular intervals. do your intermittent wipers randomly move? no they move at regular intervals.
Let me explain: Periodic has a narrow definition and a broader more ambiguous definition. Which are opposites. For example one could say I get Time magazine on a periodic basis, which is semi-mo...
"irregular intervals" is a more narrow definition, but is not it's opposite. How can something be a narrower/broader definition AND be its opposite? the second definition just allows for non-equ...
Food for thought, Yes, not all the examples of the braoder definition will be opposite the first but in the instances where they are; you have a single word that can be used to convey opposite i...
For the sake of clarity let me explain what I mean:
Periodic has a definition that's synonomous with sporadic and one that's synonomous with regulated. These really are opposite concepts.
Just quit while you're still up.. before dean takes off his glasses and pocket protecters.. and goes BUCK WILD with his dictionary / thesaurus combos. hiyyyya
and let me clarify.
the second definition is *not* synonymous with sporadic. something that fits that second definition *can* be sporadic, but it does not *have* to be.
::spoken with the utmost diplomacy::
and since you say that it can be sporaidic you concede that they're are instances where these definitions are opposites.