N. discontinuity, disjunction,
anacoluthon,
interruption, break, fracture,
flaw, fault,
crack, cut,
gap, solution of continuity,
caesura, broken thread,
parenthesis,
episode,
rhapsody,
patchwork,
intermission,
alternation, dropping fire
V. be discontinuous, alternate,
intermit,
sputter, stop and start,
hesitate, discontinue,
pause,
interrupt,
intervene, break, break in upon, break off,
interpose, break the thread, snap the thread, disconnect,
dissever Adj. discontinuous, unsuccessive, broken, interrupted, dicousu, disconnected, unconnected,
discrete,
disjunctive, fitful,
spasmodic,
desultory,
intermitting, occasional,
intermittent, alternate, recurrent
Adv. at intervals, by snatches, by jerks, by skips, by catches, by fits and starts,
skippingly, per saltum, longo intervallo
Phr. like "angel visits few and far between"