generalise vs circulate

circulate vs generalise

generalise and circulate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
generalise	No	No	Yes	No
circulate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, circulate is a hypernym of generalise; that is, circulate is a word with a broader meaning than generalise:

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

Other hypernyms of generalise include broadcast, circularise, circularize, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread.

generalise (verb)	circulate (verb)
become systemic and spread throughout the body	cause to become widely known
speak or write in generalities	become widely known and passed on
draw from specific cases for more general cases	move around freely from person to person or from place to place
cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use	move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
	cause to be distributed
	cause to move in a circuit or system

Difference between generalise and circulate

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