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Scatter vs Radiate - What's the difference?

scatter | radiate |

In lang=en terms the difference between scatter and radiate

is that scatter is to occur or fall at widely spaced intervals while radiate is to manifest oneself in a glowing manner.

As verbs the difference between scatter and radiate

is that scatter is (ergative) to (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse while radiate is to extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.

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.

scatter

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (ergative) To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
    • the police scattered the crowds
    the crowd scattered
  • * Shakespeare
    • Scatter and disperse the giddy Goths.
  • To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.
    • Her ashes were scattered at the top of a waterfall.
  • * Dryden
    • Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains, / Their scattered cottages, and ample plains?
  • (physics) To deflect (radiation or particles).
  • To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.
  • To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow.
    • to scatter hopes or plans

    Derived terms

    * scatterbrain * scatterplot * scattershot

    radiate

    English

    (radiation)

    Verb

    (radiat)
  • To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.
  • To emit rays or waves.
    • The stove radiates heat.
  • To come out or proceed in rays or waves.
    • The heat radiates from a stove.
  • * John Locke
    • Light radiates from luminous bodies directly to our eyes.
  • To illuminate.
  • To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography.
  • To manifest oneself in a glowing manner.
  • to spread into new habitats, migrate.

    • Synonyms

    * (to expose to radiation) irradiate

    Derived terms

    * radiator

    Related terms

    * region * radiation

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated.
    • a radiate crystal
  • 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.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) One of the Radiata.

    • Related terms

    * radial * radiation * radio * radius * ray

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