What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Circulation vs Circulate - What's the difference?

circulation | circulate |

As a noun circulation

is (senseid)the act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.

As a verb circulate is

to move in circles or through a circuit.

circulation

English

Noun

  • (senseid)The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.
  • The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission.
  • Currency; circulating coin; notes, bills, etc., current for coin.
  • The extent to which anything circulates or is circulated; the measure of diffusion; as, the circulation of a newspaper.
  • (senseid)The movement of the blood in the blood-vascular system, by which it is brought into close relations with almost every living elementary constituent. Also the movement of the sap in the vessels and tissues of plants.
  • circulate

    English

    Verb

    (circulat)
  • to move in circles or through a circuit
  • to cause (a person or thing) to move in circles or through a circuit
  • to move from person to person, as at a party
  • to spread or disseminate
  • to circulate money or gossip
  • to become widely known
  • Synonyms

    * put about * spread * disseminate