dust vs spray

dust and spray both are nouns.

dust and spray both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dust	Yes	No	Yes	No
spray	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

dust: distribute loosely
spray: scatter in a mass or jet of droplets

Other hyponyms of dust include plash, spatter, splash, splatter, splosh, swash, splash, splosh, sprinkle, bespangle, aerosolise, aerosolize.

dust (noun)	spray (noun)
fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air	a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist
the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up	flower arrangement consisting of a single branch or shoot bearing flowers and foliage
free microscopic particles of solid material	a jet of vapor
	a quantity of small objects flying through the air
	water in small drops in the atmosphere; blown from waves or thrown up by a waterfall
	a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying

dust (verb)	spray (verb)
remove the dust from	scatter in a mass or jet of droplets
distribute loosely	be discharged in sprays of liquid
rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape	cover by spraying with a liquid
cover with a light dusting of a substance

Difference between dust and spray

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