Sew vs Scatter - What's the difference?
sew | scatter |
To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.
To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together.
To enclose by sewing.
(ergative) To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
* Shakespeare
To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.
* Dryden
(physics) To deflect (radiation or particles).
To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.
To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow.
In lang=en terms the difference between sew and scatter
is that sew is to enclose by sewing while scatter is to occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.As verbs the difference between sew and scatter
is that sew is to use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together or sew can be (obsolete|transitive) to drain, as a pond, for taking the fish while scatter is (ergative) to (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.sew
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) sewen, seowen, sowen, from (etyl) . Related to (l).Verb
- Balls were first made of grass or leaves held together by strings, and later of pieces of animal skin sewn together and stuffed with feathers or hay.
- to sew money into a bag
Synonyms
* stitchEtymology 2
Related to .Anagrams
* English irregular verbsscatter
English
Verb
(en verb)- the police scattered the crowds
- the crowd scattered
- Scatter and disperse the giddy Goths.
- Her ashes were scattered at the top of a waterfall.
- Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains, / Their scattered cottages, and ample plains?
- to scatter hopes or plans