distribute vs popularise

distribute and popularise both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
distribute	No	No	Yes	No
popularise	No	No	Yes	No

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

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

Other hyponyms of distribute include podcast, sow, generalise, generalize, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize, carry, run.

distribute (verb)	popularise (verb)
cause to become widely known	make understandable to the general public
to arrange in a systematic order	cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
distribute or disperse widely
cause to be distributed
administer or bestow, as in small portions
give to several people
release
be mathematically distributive
be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses
spread throughout a given area

distribute vs popularise

distribute and popularise both are verbs.

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