Sparse vs. Sperse — What's the Difference?

Sparse is a computer software tool designed to find possible coding faults in the Linux kernel. Unlike other such tools, this static analysis tool was initially designed to only flag constructs that were likely to be of interest to kernel developers, such as the mixing of pointers to user and kernel address spaces.

(obsolete) To disperse.

Occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense.

To disperse.

Having widely spaced intervals.

Not dense; meager; scanty

(maths) Having few nonzero elements

(obsolete) To disperse, to scatter.

Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population.

Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; - applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like.

To scatter; to disperse.

Not dense;