Punctuate vs Scatter - What's the difference?
punctuate | scatter | Synonyms |
to add punctuation to
to add or to interrupt at regular intervals
to emphasize, to stress
(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.
Punctuate is a synonym of scatter.
As verbs the difference between punctuate and scatter
is that punctuate is to add punctuation to while scatter is (ergative) to (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.punctuate
English
Verb
(punctuat)- That occurrence of "its" needs to be punctuated .
- The pristine lawn was punctuated only by the single apple tree in the centre.
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* * ----scatter
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