disperse vs circulate

disperse and circulate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
disperse	No	No	Yes	No
circulate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, disperse and circulate are synonyms defined as:

disperse (verb)	circulate (verb)
cause to separate	cause to become widely known
cause to become widely known	become widely known and passed on
distribute loosely	move around freely from person to person or from place to place
separate (light) into spectral rays	move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
move away from each other	cause to be distributed
to cause to separate and go in different directions	cause to move in a circuit or system