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Scattered vs Disseminate - What's the difference?

scattered | disseminate |

As verbs the difference between scattered and disseminate

is that scattered is (scatter) while disseminate is to sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, and errors for growth and propagation, such as seed.

As a adjective scattered

is randomly distributed.

scattered

English

Verb

(head)
  • (scatter)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Randomly distributed.
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  • (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.
  • Derived terms

    * nonscattered * scatteredly * scatteredness * unscattered

    Anagrams

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    disseminate

    English

    Verb

    (disseminat)
  • To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, and errors for growth and propagation, such as seed
  • To become scattered.
  • The values of the human rights movement have disseminated throughout the world.

    Synonyms

    * spread * circulate * propagate

    Coordinate terms

    * promulgate

    Derived terms

    * dissemination