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Disseminate vs Widen - What's the difference?

disseminate | widen |

As a verb disseminate

is to sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, and errors for growth and propagation, such as seed.

As a proper noun widen is

sweden.

disseminate

English

Verb

(disseminat)
  • To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, and errors for growth and propagation, such as seed
  • To become scattered.
  • The values of the human rights movement have disseminated throughout the world.

    Synonyms

    * spread * circulate * propagate

    Coordinate terms

    * promulgate

    Derived terms

    * dissemination

    widen

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To become wide or wider.
  • His eyes widened as her negligee fell to the floor.
  • To make wide or wider.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=September 29 , author=Tom Rostance , title=Stoke 2 - 1 Besiktas , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=But he still saw his side produce a rousing display which owed much to their lauded prowess from set-pieces, despite Uefa regulations meaning the pitch had to be widened and, in the process, the run-up area for Delap's long throws reduced.}}
  • To let out clothes to a larger size.
  • She widened his trousers for him.
  • To broaden or extend in scope or range.
  • The police widened their enquiries.

    Anagrams

    * * * English ergative verbs