Propogate vs Scatter - What's the difference?
propogate | scatter | Related terms |
(ergative) To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
* Shakespeare
To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.
* Dryden
(physics) To deflect (radiation or particles).
To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.
To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow.
Propogate is a related term of scatter.
As verbs the difference between propogate and scatter
is that propogate is while scatter is (ergative) to (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.scatter
English
Verb
(en verb)- the police scattered the crowds
- the crowd scattered
- Scatter and disperse the giddy Goths.
- Her ashes were scattered at the top of a waterfall.
- Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains, / Their scattered cottages, and ample plains?
- to scatter hopes or plans
