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Strew vs Scattered - What's the difference?

strew | scattered |

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

English

Alternative forms

* (l) * (l) (dialectal)

Verb

  • To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
  • to strew sand over a floor
  • * , Romeo and Juliet , act 5, sc. 3:
  • Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew .
  • * Dryden
  • And strewed his mangled limbs about the field.
  • * Beaconsfield
  • On a principal table a desk was open and many papers strewn about.
  • To cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered.
  • Leaves strewed the ground.
  • * Spenser
  • The snow which does the top of Pindus strew .
  • * Alexander Pope
  • Is thine alone the seed that strews the plain?
  • To spread abroad; to disseminate.
  • * Shakespeare
  • She may strew dangerous conjectures.

    Synonyms

    * scatter, sprinkle

    Derived terms

    * strewments * strewnfield

    scattered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (scatter)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Randomly distributed.
  • * , chapter=12
  • , title= 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.}}
  • (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.
  • Derived terms

    * nonscattered * scatteredly * scatteredness * unscattered

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