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Diffusion vs Circulatory - What's the difference?

diffusion | circulatory |

As nouns the difference between diffusion and circulatory

is that diffusion is the act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion while circulatory is a vessel with two portions unequally exposed to heat, and with connecting pipes or passages, through which the fluid rises from the overheated portion, and descends from the relatively colder, maintaining a circulation.

As an adjective circulatory is

of or pertaining to a circulation, especially to the circulatory system.

diffusion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • the act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion
  • (physics) the scattering of light by reflection from a rough surface, or by passage through a translucent medium
  • (physics) the intermingling of the molecules of a fluid due to random thermal agitation
  • the spread of cultural or linguistic practices, or social institutions, in one or more communities
  • (physics, weather) Exchange of airborne media between regions in space in an apparently random motion of a small scale.
  • the movement of water vapor from regions of high concentration (high water vapor pressure) toward regions of lower concentration.

    • circulatory

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Of or pertaining to a circulation, especially to the circulatory system.
    • circulatory diseases
    circulatory organs
  • Circular; going round.
    • a circulatory letter

    Noun

    (circulatories)
  • (chemistry) A vessel with two portions unequally exposed to heat, and with connecting pipes or passages, through which the fluid rises from the overheated portion, and descends from the relatively colder, maintaining a circulation.