Disperse vs. Ray — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Disperse and Ray
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Disperse
Disperse was a Christian rock band from Southern Indiana active from 1996 to 2004.
Ray
A narrow stream of radiant energy, especially visible light, traveling in a straight or nearly straight line.
Disperse
To drive off or scatter in different directions
The police dispersed the crowd.
Ray
A narrow stream of particles such as protons traveling in a straight or nearly straight line.
Disperse
To strew or distribute widely
The airplane dispersed the leaflets over the city.
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Ray
A rapidly moving particle traveling in a straight or nearly straight line.
Disperse
To cause to attenuate and disappear
The sun dispersed the fog.
Ray
Rays Sunshine
Let's go to the beach and catch some rays.
Disperse
To separate (light) into spectral rays.
Ray
A small amount; a trace
Not a ray of hope left.
Disperse
To distribute (particles) evenly throughout a medium.
Ray
(Mathematics) A straight line extending from a point. Also called half-line.
Disperse
To separate and move in different directions; scatter
The crowd dispersed once the concert ended.
Ray
Any of the bright streaks that are seen radiating from some craters on the moon.
Disperse
To attenuate and vanish; dissipate
The storm clouds had dispersed by noon.
Ray
A ray flower or the strap-shaped portion of the corolla of a ray flower.
Disperse
To scatter in different directions.
The Jews are dispersed among all nations.
Ray
A branch of an umbel.
Disperse
To break up and disappear; to dissipate.
Ray
One of the bony spines supporting the membrane of a fish's fin.
Disperse
To disseminate.
Ray
One of the arms of a starfish or other radiate animal.
Disperse
To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract.
Ray
Any of various cartilaginous fishes of the superorder Batoidea, having ventral gill slits, enlarged pelvic fins that are fused to the sides of the head, and a flattened body, and including the stingrays, skates, and guitarfishes.
Disperse
To distribute throughout.
Ray
Any of various members of this superorder having a whiplike tail usually with a stinging spine, such as a stingray, considered in contrast to a guitarfish, sawfish, or skate.
Disperse
Scattered or spread out.
Ray
To send out as rays; emit.
Disperse
To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations.
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge.
Two lions, in the still, dark night,A herd of beeves disperse.
Ray
To supply with rays or radiating lines.
Disperse
To scatter, so as to cause to vanish; to dissipate; as, to disperse vapors.
Dispersed are the glories.
Ray
To cast rays on; irradiate.
Disperse
To separate; to go or move into different parts; to vanish; as, the company dispersed at ten o'clock; the clouds disperse.
Ray
A beam of light or radiation.
I saw a ray of light through the clouds.
Disperse
To distribute wealth; to share one's abundance with others.
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor.
Ray
(zoology) A rib-like reinforcement of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin.
Disperse
Distribute loosely;
He scattered gun powder under the wagon
Ray
(zoology) One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
Disperse
To cause to separate and go in different directions;
She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
Ray
(botany) 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.
Disperse
Move away from each other;
The crowds dispersed
The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached
Ray
(obsolete) Sight; perception; vision; from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.
Disperse
Cause to separate;
Break up kidney stones
Disperse particles
Ray
(mathematics) A line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point.
Disperse
Cause to become widely known;
Spread information
Circulate a rumor
Broadcast the news
Ray
(colloquial) A tiny amount.
Unfortunately he didn't have a ray of hope.
Ray
A marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail.
Ray
(obsolete) Array; order; arrangement; dress.
Ray
The letter ⟨/⟩, one of two which represent the r sound in Pitman shorthand.
Ray
(music) re
Ray
(transitive) To emit something as if in rays.
Ray
(intransitive) To radiate as if in rays.
Ray
(transitive) To expose to radiation.
Ray
(obsolete) To arrange.
Ray
To dress, array (someone).
Ray
(obsolete) To stain or soil; to defile.
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
To shine, as with rays.
Ray
Array; order; arrangement; dress.
And spoiling all her gears and goodly ray.
Ray
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
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
One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the fins of fishes.
Ray
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
Sight; perception; vision; - from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.
All eyes direct their raysOn him, and crowds turn coxcombs as they gaze.
Ray
One of a system of diverging lines passing through a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both directions. See Half-ray.
Ray
Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Raiæ, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.
Ray
A column of light (as from a beacon)
Ray
A branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
Ray
(mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
Ray
A group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
Ray
The syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
Ray
Any of the stiff bony rods in the fin of a fish
Ray
Cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins
Ray
Emit as rays;
That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky
Ray
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
Expose to radiation;
Irradiate food
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