Radiate vs Propagate - What's the difference?
radiate | propagate |
To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.
To emit rays or waves.
To come out or proceed in rays or waves.
* John Locke
To illuminate.
To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography.
To manifest oneself in a glowing manner.
to spread into new habitats, migrate.
Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated.
Surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture.
(botany) Having parts radiating from the center, like the petals in many flowers.
(biology) Having radial symmetry, like a seastar.
(zoology) Belonging to the Radiata.
To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate a species of fruit tree.
To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space; as, to propagate sound or light.
To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate
* Daniel Defoe
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(obsolete) To multiply; to increase.
* Shakespeare
To generate; to produce.
* De Quincey
To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate rapidly.
(computing) To take effect on all relevant devices in a network.
(computing) To cause to take effect on all relevant devices in a network.
In lang=en terms the difference between radiate and propagate
is that radiate is to manifest oneself in a glowing manner while propagate is to have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate rapidly.As verbs the difference between radiate and propagate
is that radiate is to extend, send or spread out from a center like radii while propagate is to cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate a species of fruit tree.As an adjective radiate
is radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated.As a noun radiate
is (zoology) one of the radiata.radiate
English
(radiation)Verb
(radiat)- The stove radiates heat.
- The heat radiates from a stove.
- Light radiates from luminous bodies directly to our eyes.
Synonyms
* (to expose to radiation) irradiateDerived terms
* radiatorAdjective
(en adjective)- a radiate crystal
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* English ergative verbs ----propagate
English
Verb
- The infection was propagated insensibly.
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- Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast, / Which thou wilt propagate .
- Motion propagated motion, and life threw off life.
- It takes 24 hours for password changes to propagate throughout the system.
- The server propagates the password file at midnight each day.
