sprinkle vs dust

sprinkle and dust both are nouns.

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

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

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

As verbs, sprinkle and dust are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of sprinkle include disperse, dot, scatter.

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

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