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Dispose vs Disperses - What's the difference?

dispose | disperses |

As verbs the difference between dispose and disperses

is that dispose is while disperses is .

As an adjective dispose

is organized, placed in a certain fashion, arranged.

dispose

Verb

(dispos)
  • To eliminate or to get rid of something.
  • :
  • To distribute and put in place.
  • *1600 , (William Shakespeare), , act 4, scene III
  • *:Now, dear soldiers, march away: / And how thou pleasest, God, dispose the day!
  • *1811 , (Jane Austen), (Sense and Sensibility) , chapter 6
  • *:Marianne’s pianoforte was unpacked and properly disposed of, and Elinor’s drawing were affixed to the walls of their sitting rooms.
  • *1934 , (Rex Stout), edition, ISBN 0553278193, page 47:
  • *:I sat down within three feet of the entrance door, and I had no sooner got disposed than the door opened and a man came in.
  • To deal out; to assign to a use.
  • *(John Evelyn) (1620-1706)
  • *:what he designed to bestow on her funeral, he would rather dispose among the poor
  • To incline.
  • : (Used here intransitively in the passive voice)
  • *(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
  • *:Endure and conquer; Jove will soon dispose / To future good our past and present woes.
  • *(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
  • *:Suspicions dispose kings to tyranny, husbands to jealousy, and wise men to irresolution and melancholy.
  • *
  • *:At twilight in the summeron the floor.
  • (lb) To bargain; to make terms.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:She had disposed with Caesar.
  • (lb) To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.
  • *(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
  • *:the knightly forms of combat to dispose
  • Synonyms

    * incline * discard

    Antonyms

    * indispose * disincline

    Derived terms

    * disposition * disposal * dispose of

    disperses

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (disperse)
  • Anagrams

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    disperse

    English

    Verb

  • (intransitive) To scatter in different directions
  • The Jews are dispersed among all nations.
  • * Bible, Proverbs xv. 7
  • The lips of the wise disperse knowledge.
  • * Cowper
  • Two lions, in the still, dark night, / A herd of beeves disperse .
  • (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
  • Usage notes

    * Do not confuse with the monetary word disburse, despite similarity.

    Anagrams

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