| verb | to cause to separate and go in different directions “She waved her hand and scattered the crowds” |
| verb | move away from each other “The crowds dispersed” |
| verb | distribute loosely “He scattered gun powder under the wagon” |
| verb | sow by scattering “scatter seeds” |
| verb | cause to separate “break up kidney stones” |
| verb | strew or distribute over an area “He spread fertilizer over the lawn” |
| adjective | occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space “scattered showers” |
| adjective | lacking orderly continuity “a confused set of instructions” |
| dispersion | noun | the act of dispersing or diffusing something |
| dissipation | noun | breaking up and scattering by dispersion |
| scatter | noun | a haphazard distribution in all directions |
| scattering | noun | spreading widely or driving off |
| sprinkling | noun | a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly |
| dust | noun | free microscopic particles of solid material |
| dispersive | adjective | spreading by diffusion |
| spread | noun | act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time |
| spreader | noun | a mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions |
| disconnectedness | noun | state of being disconnected |
| disjointedness | noun | lacking order or coherence |
| illogicalness | noun | invalid or incorrect reasoning |