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Dissemination vs Circulation - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between dissemination and circulation

is that dissemination is the act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc while circulation is (The act of moving in a circle)The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.

dissemination

English

Noun

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  • The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.

    • Derived terms

    * disseminate

    circulation

    English

    Noun

  • (senseid)The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.
  • The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission.
  • Currency; circulating coin; notes, bills, etc., current for coin.
  • The extent to which anything circulates or is circulated; the measure of diffusion; as, the circulation of a newspaper.
  • (senseid)The movement of the blood in the blood-vascular system, by which it is brought into close relations with almost every living elementary constituent. Also the movement of the sap in the vessels and tissues of plants.