scatter vs volley

scatter and volley both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scatter	Yes	No	Yes	No
volley	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of scatter include aerosolise, aerosolize, break.

scatter (noun)	volley (noun)
the act of scattering	rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
a haphazard distribution in all directions	a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces

scatter (verb)	volley (verb)
cause to separate	utter rapidly
distribute loosely	make a volley
sow by scattering	discharge in, or as if in, a volley
move away from each other	hit before it touches the ground
to cause to separate and go in different directions	be dispersed in a volley
strew or distribute over an area