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Scattering vs Circulation - What's the difference?

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Scattering is a related term of circulation.


As nouns the difference between scattering and circulation

is that scattering is a small quantity of something occurring at irregular intervals and dispersed at random points, while circulation is (senseid)the act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.

As a verb scattering

is .

scattering

English

(wikipedia scattering)

Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small quantity of something occurring at irregular intervals and dispersed at random points,
    • There will be a scattering of showers, with heavy rain in places.
  • (physics) The process whereby a beam of waves or particles is dispersed by collisions or similar interactions.

    • circulation

    English

    Noun

  • (senseid)The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.
  • The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission.
  • Currency; circulating coin; notes, bills, etc., current for coin.
  • The extent to which anything circulates or is circulated; the measure of diffusion; as, the circulation of a newspaper.
  • (senseid)The movement of the blood in the blood-vascular system, by which it is brought into close relations with almost every living elementary constituent. Also the movement of the sap in the vessels and tissues of plants.