disperse vs generalize

disperse and generalize both are verbs.

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

As verbs, generalize is a hyponym of disperse; that is, generalize is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than disperse:

disperse: cause to become widely known
generalize: cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use

Other hyponyms of disperse include podcast, sow, generalise, popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize, carry, run.

disperse (verb)	generalize (verb)
cause to separate	become systemic and spread throughout the body
cause to become widely known	speak or write in generalities
distribute loosely	draw from specific cases for more general cases
separate (light) into spectral rays	cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
move away from each other
to cause to separate and go in different directions