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Scattering vs Diaspora - What's the difference?

scattering | diaspora |

As nouns the difference between scattering and diaspora

is that scattering is a small quantity of something occurring at irregular intervals and dispersed at random points while diaspora is the dispersion of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Captivity.

As a verb scattering

is present participle of lang=en.

As a proper noun Diaspora is

the dispersion of the Jews from the land of Israel.

scattering

Verb

(head)
  • 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.
  • diaspora

    English

    Proper noun

    (wikipedia Diaspora)
  • The dispersion of the Jews from the land of Israel.
  • The Jews so dispersed, taken collectively.
  • A similar dispersion.
  • Usage notes

    * (similar dispersion) In this sense the term is frequently qualified, for example as “the African Diaspora”.