Spreading vs Proliferation - What's the difference?
spreading | proliferation |
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The act by which something is spread.
* 1991 , Samuel D. Robbins, Wisconsin Birdlife: Population & Distribution Past & Present (page 579)
(uncountable) The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.
(countable) The act of increasing or rising; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement.
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, title= (countable) The result of building up; buildup, accretion.
(uncountable) The spread of biochemical, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them.
As nouns the difference between spreading and proliferation
is that spreading is the act by which something is spread while proliferation is proliferation, spreading.As a verb spreading
is .spreading
English
Verb
(head)citation, passage=As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field.}}
Noun
(en noun)- Small numbers [of meadowlarks] remain on farms in the southern counties throughout the winter, usually relying on fresh manure spreadings for food when snow covers the fields.
proliferation
English
Noun
Mark Tran
Denied an education by war, passage=One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools