Re: time "period" vs. time "interval" ?

[Ant Davey <ant -at- ant-davey -dot- com>]

   Hi Monique,

   From my head rather than any style guide or other authority: period
   suggests duration; interval, the time between events.

   Best regards,

   Ant

     On 04 April 2017 at 00:23 Monique Semp <monique -dot- semp -at- earthlink -dot- net>
     wrote:

     Hello, WR-L-ers,

     I've googled, and found nothing but confusion (or info that's tied
     to a particular software's/class's implementation) around when to
     use "time period" vs. "time interval" (and just for fun, "time
     duration").

     Anyone have a quick cheat-sheet sort of thing or an online reference
     you can point me to?

     The context is describing how to "work with" charts/tables/reports
     (which I'm calling "visualizations" - thanks, Robert!), and the user
     can change the start and end times, and even the "range" field, of
     the times that are shown as the x-axis.

     Thanks,
     -Monique
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