Scatter vs Broadcast - What's the difference?
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(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.
(senseid)cast or scattered widely, in all directions
transmitted, signalled, or communicated via radio waves or electronic means
relating to transmissions of messages or signals via radio waves or electronic means
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A transmission of a radio or television programme aired to be received by anyone with a receiver.
* '>citation
A programme (show, bulletin, documentary, and so on) so transmitted.
(dated) The act of scattering seed.
To transmit a message or signal via radio waves or electronic means
* '>citation
To transmit a message over a wide area
To appear as speaker, presenter or performer in a broadcast program
(archaic) To sow seeds over a wide area
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To send an email in a single transmission to a (typically large) number of people
(broadcast)
As verbs the difference between scatter and broadcast
is that scatter is to (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse while broadcast is to transmit a message or signal via radio waves or electronic means.As an adjective broadcast is
(omnidirectionally)cast or scattered widely, in all directions.As a noun broadcast is
a transmission of a radio or television programme aired to be received by anyone with a receiver.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