distribution vs diffusion

diffusion vs distribution

distribution and diffusion both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
distribution	Yes	No	No	No
diffusion	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, diffusion is a hyponym of distribution; that is, diffusion is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than distribution:

distribution: the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume
diffusion: the property of being diffused or dispersed

Other hyponyms of distribution include complementary distribution, complementation, diaspora, dissemination, innervation, scatter, spread.

distribution (noun)	diffusion (noun)
the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning	the act of dispersing or diffusing something
the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer	the property of being diffused or dispersed
the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume	the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another
(statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence	(physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration

Difference between distribution and diffusion

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