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Pervasive vs Scattered - What's the difference?

pervasive | scattered |

As adjectives the difference between pervasive and scattered

is that pervasive is manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything while scattered is randomly distributed.

As a verb scattered is

(scatter).

pervasive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything.
    • The medication had a pervasive effect on the patient's health.

    Synonyms

    * (manifested throughout) penetrating, permeating, pervading

    Related terms

    * pervade

    scattered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (scatter)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Randomly distributed.
  • * , chapter=12
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.}}
  • (meteorology, of clouds) covering three eighths to four eighths of the sky.
  • (meteorology, of precipitation) affecting 30 percent to 50 percent of a forecast zone.

    • Derived terms

    * nonscattered * scatteredly * scatteredness * unscattered

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