Scattered vs Disconnected - What's the difference?
scattered | disconnected |
(scatter)
Randomly distributed.
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, title= (meteorology, of clouds) covering three eighths to four eighths of the sky.
(meteorology, of precipitation) affecting 30 percent to 50 percent of a forecast zone.
(disconnect)
That is no longer connected.
Feeling a lack of empathy or association with something.
(mathematics, of a topological space) That can be partitioned into two nonempty subsets which are both open and closed.
As verbs the difference between scattered and disconnected
is that scattered is (scatter) while disconnected is (disconnect).As adjectives the difference between scattered and disconnected
is that scattered is randomly distributed while disconnected is that is no longer connected.scattered
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.}}
Derived terms
* nonscattered * scatteredly * scatteredness * unscatteredAnagrams
*disconnected
English
Verb
(head)- The phone company disconnected my DSL.
Adjective
(en adjective)- There's no use trying to make a call on the disconnected phone.
- I just feel so disconnected from people living on the other side of the world.