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Dispersal vs Diffusion - What's the difference?

dispersal | diffusion |

As nouns the difference between dispersal and diffusion

is that dispersal is the act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion while diffusion is the act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion.

dispersal

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion.
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    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.