dust vs sprinkle

dust and sprinkle both are nouns.

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

As verbs, dust and sprinkle are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of dust include disperse, dot, scatter.

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

dust (noun)	sprinkle (noun)
fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air	the act of sprinkling or splashing water
the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up	a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
free microscopic particles of solid material

dust (verb)	sprinkle (verb)
remove the dust from	scatter with liquid; wet lightly
distribute loosely	cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape	distribute loosely
cover with a light dusting of a substance	rain gently