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Scattering vs Scatterling - What's the difference?

scattering | scatterling |

As nouns the difference between scattering and scatterling

is that scattering is a small quantity of something occurring at irregular intervals and dispersed at random points, while scatterling is (obsolete) one who has no fixed residence; a vagabond.

As a verb scattering

is .

scattering

English

(wikipedia 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.

    • scatterling

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) One who has no fixed residence; a vagabond.
    • Foreign scatterlings . — Spenser.
    (Webster 1913)