dispersal

As a noun dispersal is

the act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion.

As nouns the difference between movement and dispersal

is that movement is physical motion between points in space while dispersal is the act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion.

As nouns the difference between spread and dispersal

is that spread is the act of spreading or something that has been spread while dispersal is the act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion.

As a verb spread

is to stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.

As nouns the difference between dispersal and migration

is that dispersal is the act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion while migration is an instance of moving to live in another place for a while.

As nouns the difference between dispersal and dehiscence

is that dispersal is the act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion while dehiscence is opening of an organ by its own means (such as an anther or a seed pod) to release its contents.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and dispersal

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while dispersal is the act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion.

As nouns the difference between dispersal and ornithochory

is that dispersal is the act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion while ornithochory is (biology) the dispersal of seeds by birds.

As nouns the difference between dispersal and barochory

is that dispersal is the act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion while barochory is the dispersal of seeds, spores, or fruit by gravity alone.

As nouns the difference between dispersal and autochory

is that dispersal is the act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion while autochory is self-dispersal of seeds, the physical and often explosive discharge of seeds from the fruit.

As nouns the difference between dispersal and anthropochory

is that dispersal is the act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion while anthropochory is (biology) the (typically inadvertent) dispersal of seeds, spores, or other reproductive botanical material, or of reproductively capable animals, by humans as a routine means of reproductive dispersal of that species.