Scatter vs Disintegrate - What's the difference?
scatter | disintegrate |
(ergative) To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
* Shakespeare
To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.
* Dryden
(physics) To deflect (radiation or particles).
To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.
To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow.
To undo the integrity of, break into parts.
* Kirwan
To fall apart, break up into parts.
In lang=en terms the difference between scatter and disintegrate
is that scatter is to occur or fall at widely spaced intervals while disintegrate is to fall apart, break up into parts.As verbs the difference between scatter and disintegrate
is that scatter is (ergative) to (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse while disintegrate is to undo the integrity of, break into parts.scatter
English
Verb
(en verb)- the police scattered the crowds
- the crowd scattered
- Scatter and disperse the giddy Goths.
- Her ashes were scattered at the top of a waterfall.
- Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains, / Their scattered cottages, and ample plains?
- to scatter hopes or plans
Derived terms
* scatterbrain * scatterplot * scattershotdisintegrate
English
Verb
(disintegrat)- Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years.