Strew vs Scattered - What's the difference?
strew | scattered |
To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
* , Romeo and Juliet , act 5, sc. 3:
* Dryden
* Beaconsfield
To cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered.
* Spenser
* Alexander Pope
To spread abroad; to disseminate.
* Shakespeare
(scatter)
Randomly distributed.
* , chapter=12
, title= (meteorology, of clouds) covering three eighths to four eighths of the sky.
(meteorology, of precipitation) affecting 30 percent to 50 percent of a forecast zone.
As verbs the difference between strew and scattered
is that strew is to distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner while scattered is past tense of scatter.As an adjective scattered is
randomly distributed.strew
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Alternative forms
* (l) * (l) (dialectal)Verb
- to strew sand over a floor
- Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew .
- And strewed his mangled limbs about the field.
- On a principal table a desk was open and many papers strewn about.
- Leaves strewed the ground.
- The snow which does the top of Pindus strew .
- Is thine alone the seed that strews the plain?
- She may strew dangerous conjectures.
Synonyms
* scatter, sprinkleDerived terms
* strewments * strewnfieldAnagrams
* English irregular verbsscattered
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.}}