disperse vs popularize

disperse and popularize both are verbs.

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

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

disperse: cause to become widely known
popularize: 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, generalize, popularise, vulgarise, vulgarize, carry, run.

disperse (verb)	popularize (verb)
cause to separate	make understandable to the general public
cause to become widely known	cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
distribute loosely
separate (light) into spectral rays
move away from each other
to cause to separate and go in different directions