Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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diffuse | No | Yes | Yes | No |
diffusion | Yes | No | No | No |
diffuse (noun) | diffusion (noun) |
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the act of dispersing or diffusing something | |
the property of being diffused or dispersed | |
the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another | |
(physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration |
diffuse (adjective) | diffusion (adjective) |
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(of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected | |
spread out; not concentrated in one place | |
lacking conciseness |
diffuse (verb) | diffusion (verb) |
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cause to become widely known | |
spread or diffuse through | |
move outward |