sprinkle vs disperse

sprinkle is a noun but disperse is not a noun.

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

As verbs, disperse is a hypernym of sprinkle; that is, disperse is a word with a broader meaning than sprinkle:

Other hypernyms of sprinkle include dot, dust, scatter, sprinkle.

As verbs, sprinkle and disperse are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of sprinkle include dot, dust, scatter.

sprinkle (noun)	disperse (noun)
the act of sprinkling or splashing water
a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby

sprinkle (verb)	disperse (verb)
scatter with liquid; wet lightly	cause to separate
cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force	cause to become widely known
distribute loosely	distribute loosely
rain gently	separate (light) into spectral rays
	move away from each other
	to cause to separate and go in different directions