Disperse vs. Ray

Disperse (verb)

To scatter in different directions

"The Jews are dispersed among all nations."

Disperse (verb)

To break up and disappear; to dissipate

Disperse (verb)

To disseminate

Disperse (verb)

To separate rays of light etc. according to wavelength; to refract

Disperse (verb)

To distribute throughout

Disperse (adjective)

Scattered or spread out.

Ray (noun)

A beam of light or radiation.

"I saw a ray of light through the clouds."

Ray (noun)

A rib-like reinforcement of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin.

Ray (noun)

One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.

Ray (noun)

A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, such as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius.

Ray (noun)

Sight; perception; vision; from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.

Ray (noun)

A line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point.

Ray (noun)

A tiny amount.

"Unfortunately he didn't have a ray of hope."

Ray (noun)

A marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail.

Ray (noun)

Array; order; arrangement; dress.

Ray (noun)

The letter ⟨/⟩, one of two which represent the r sound in Pitman shorthand.

Ray (verb)

To emit something as if in rays.

Ray (verb)

To radiate as if in rays.

Ray (verb)

To arrange. 14th-18th c.

Ray (verb)

To dress, array (someone). from 14th c.

Ray (verb)

To stain or soil; to defile. 16th-19th c.

Disperse

To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations.

Disperse

To scatter, so as to cause to vanish; to dissipate; as, to disperse vapors.

Disperse (verb)

To separate; to go or move into different parts; to vanish; as, the company dispersed at ten o'clock; the clouds disperse.

Disperse (verb)

To distribute wealth; to share one's abundance with others.

Ray

To array.

Ray

To mark, stain, or soil; to streak; to defile.

Ray

To mark with long lines; to streak.

Ray

To send forth or shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to ray smiles.

Ray (noun)

Array; order; arrangement; dress.

Ray (noun)

One of a number of lines or parts diverging from a common point or center, like the radii of a circle; as, a star of six rays.

Ray (noun)

A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius. See Radius.

Ray (noun)

One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the fins of fishes.

Ray (noun)

A line of light or heat proceeding from a radiant or reflecting point; a single element of light or heat propagated continuously; as, a solar ray; a polarized ray.

Ray (noun)

Sight; perception; vision; - from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.

Ray (noun)

One of a system of diverging lines passing through a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both directions. See Half-ray.

Ray (noun)

Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Raiæ, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.

Ray (verb)

To shine, as with rays.

Disperse (verb)

distribute loosely;

"He scattered gun powder under the wagon"

Disperse (verb)

to cause to separate and go in different directions;

"She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"

Disperse (verb)

move away from each other;

"The crowds dispersed"

"The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached"

Disperse (verb)

cause to separate;

"break up kidney stones"

"disperse particles"

Disperse (verb)

cause to become widely known;

"spread information"

"circulate a rumor"

"broadcast the news"

Ray (noun)

a column of light (as from a beacon)

Ray (noun)

a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence

Ray (noun)

(mathematics) a straight line extending from a point

Ray (noun)

a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation

Ray (noun)

the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization

Ray (noun)

any of the stiff bony rods in the fin of a fish

Ray (noun)

cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins

Ray (verb)

emit as rays;

"That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky"

Ray (verb)

extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center;

"spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"

"This plants radiates spines in all directions"

Ray (verb)

expose to radiation;

"irradiate food"