diffusion vs distribution

distribution vs diffusion

diffusion and distribution both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
diffusion	Yes	No	No	No
distribution	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, distribution is a hypernym of diffusion; that is, distribution is a word with a broader meaning than diffusion:

diffusion: the property of being diffused or dispersed
distribution: the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume

Other hypernyms of diffusion include dispersion.

diffusion (noun)	distribution (noun)
the act of dispersing or diffusing something	the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning
the property of being diffused or dispersed	the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer
the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another	the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume
(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	(statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence

Difference between diffusion and distribution

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