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Deposit vs Scatter - What's the difference?

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Deposit is a related term of scatter.


In lang=en terms the difference between deposit and scatter

is that deposit is to put money or funds into an account while scatter is to occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.

As verbs the difference between deposit and scatter

is that deposit is to lay down; to place; to put while scatter is (ergative) to (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.

As a noun deposit

is sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material sometimes refers to ore or gems.

deposit

English

Alternative forms

* deposite

Noun

(en noun)
  • Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
  • That which is placed anywhere, or in anyone's hands, for safekeeping; something entrusted to the care of another.
  • (banking) Money placed in an account.
  • Anything left behind on a surface.
    • a mineral deposit
    a deposit of seaweed on the shore
  • (finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.
    • They put a deposit on the apartment.
  • A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit
  • A place of deposit; a depository.

    • Derived terms

    * security deposit * container-deposit * bottle deposit * can deposit

    Related terms

    * depositary * depository

    See also

    * refundable

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To lay down; to place; to put.
    • A crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand.
    The waters deposited a rich alluvium.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • The fear is deposited in conscience.
  • To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.
    • to deposit goods in a warehouse
  • To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.
  • To put money or funds into an account.
  • To lay aside; to rid oneself of.
    • (Hammond)

    Antonyms

    * withdrawal

    Anagrams

    * * *

    scatter

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (ergative) To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
    • the police scattered the crowds
    the crowd scattered
  • * Shakespeare
    • Scatter and disperse the giddy Goths.
  • To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.
    • Her ashes were scattered at the top of a waterfall.
  • * Dryden
    • Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains, / Their scattered cottages, and ample plains?
  • (physics) To deflect (radiation or particles).
  • To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.
  • To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow.
    • to scatter hopes or plans

    Derived terms

    * scatterbrain * scatterplot * scattershot