Diffusion vs Proliferate - What's the difference?
diffusion | proliferate |
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.
To increase in number or spread rapidly.
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As a noun diffusion
is diffusion (physics: the intermingling of the molecules of a fluid due to random thermal agitation).As a verb proliferate is
to increase in number or spread rapidly.diffusion
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(en noun)proliferate
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(proliferat)- The flowers proliferated rapidly all spring.
citation, passage=But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.}}