Disposed vs Distributed - What's the difference?
disposed | distributed |
(dispose)
Inclined; minded.
*(Bible), (w) xviii.27:
*:when he was disposed to pass into Achaia
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*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
(lb) Inclined to mirth; jolly.
:(Beaumont and Fletcher)
(distribute)
(senseid)To divide into portions and dispense.
(senseid)To supply to retail outlets.
(senseid)To deliver or pass out.
(senseid)To scatter or spread.
(senseid)To apportion (more or less evenly).
(senseid)To classify or separate into categories.
(senseid)(mathematics) To be distributive.
(printing) To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases.
(printing) To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.
(logic) To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.
* Whately
As verbs the difference between disposed and distributed
is that disposed is (dispose) while distributed is (distribute).As an adjective disposed
is inclined; minded.disposed
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(en adjective)distributed
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(head)distribute
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(distribut)- He distributed the bread amongst his followers.
- The agency distributes newspapers to local shops.
- A network of children distributes flyers to every house.
- I raked the soil then distributed grass seed.
- The robot's six legs distributed its weight over a wide area.
- The database distributed verbs into transitive and intransitive segments.
- A term is said to be distributed when it is taken universal, so as to stand for everything it is capable of being applied to.