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Dispersion vs Semination - What's the difference?

dispersion | semination |

As nouns the difference between dispersion and semination

is that dispersion is the state of being dispersed; dispersedness while semination is the act of sowing or spreading.

dispersion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The state of being dispersed; dispersedness.
  • A process of dispersing.
  • The degree of scatter of data.
  • (optics) The separation of visible light by refraction or diffraction.
  • (medicine) The removal of inflammation.

    • Related terms

    * dispersivity

    References

    * Chambers's Etymological Dictionary , 1896, p. 131

    semination

    English

    Noun

  • The act of sowing or spreading.
  • (botany) The natural dispersion of seeds.
    • (Martyn)
    (Webster 1913)