volley vs disperse

volley is a noun but disperse is not a noun.

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

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

Other hypernyms of volley include dissipate, scatter, spread out.

volley (noun)	disperse (noun)
rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces

volley (verb)	disperse (verb)
utter rapidly	cause to separate
make a volley	cause to become widely known
discharge in, or as if in, a volley	distribute loosely
hit before it touches the ground	separate (light) into spectral rays
be dispersed in a volley	move away from each other
	to cause to separate and go in different directions