Disperse vs Disburse - What's the difference?
disperse | disburse |
(intransitive) To scatter in different directions
* Bible, Proverbs xv. 7
* Cowper
(intransitive) To break up and disappear; to dissipate
(intransitive) To disseminate
(physics, transitive, intransitive) To separate rays of light etc. according to wavelength; to refract
(intransitive) To distribute throughout
(finance) To pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.
As verbs the difference between disperse and disburse
is that disperse is to scatter in different directions while disburse is to pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.disperse
English
Verb
- The Jews are dispersed among all nations.
- The lips of the wise disperse knowledge.
- Two lions, in the still, dark night, / A herd of beeves disperse .