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Scattered vs Staggered - What's the difference?

scattered | staggered |

As verbs the difference between scattered and staggered

is that scattered is (scatter) while staggered is (stagger).

As adjectives the difference between scattered and staggered

is that scattered is randomly distributed while staggered is astonished, taken aback.

scattered

English

Verb

(head)
  • (scatter)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Randomly distributed.
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    • , title= 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.}}
  • (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

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    staggered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (stagger)
    • The drunk staggered to the end of the bar before he collapsed.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Astonished, taken aback.
  • referring to something that has been arranged in a way that is not uniform
    • The U.S. Senate holds staggered elections, with only one third of the seats being filled every two years.