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disseminate vs popularize

popularize vs disseminate

disseminate and popularize both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
disseminate No No Yes No
popularize No No Yes No
As verbs, popularize is a hyponym of disseminate; that is, popularize is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than disseminate:
  • disseminate: 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 disseminate include podcast, sow, generalise, generalize, popularise, vulgarise, vulgarize, carry, run.
disseminate (verb) popularize (verb)
cause to become widely known make understandable to the general public
cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
Difference between disseminate and popularize

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