Scatter vs Circulate - What's the difference?
scatter | circulate | 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.
to move in circles or through a circuit
to cause (a person or thing) to move in circles or through a circuit
to move from person to person, as at a party
to spread or disseminate
to become widely known
Scatter is a related term of circulate.
In lang=en terms the difference between scatter and circulate
is that scatter is to occur or fall at widely spaced intervals while circulate is to cause (a person or thing) to move in circles or through a circuit.As verbs the difference between scatter and circulate
is that scatter is (ergative) to (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse while circulate is to move in circles or through a circuit.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
Derived terms
* scatterbrain * scatterplot * scattershotcirculate
English
Verb
(circulat)- to circulate money or gossip
