Splash vs. Spray — What's the Difference?

To propel or scatter (a fluid) about in flying masses.

Water or other liquid moving in a mass of dispersed droplets, as from a wave.

To scatter fluid onto (a surface) in flying masses; wet, stain, or soil with flying fluid.

A moving mass of particles or projectiles

To cause (something) to scatter fluid in flying masses

A fine jet of liquid discharged from a pressurized container.

To make (one's way) with or by the scattering of fluid.

A pressurized container; an atomizer.

To apply patches or spots of a contrasting, usually bright, color to

Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner.

To display or publicize very noticeably

A small branch bearing buds, flowers, or berries.

To cause a fluid to scatter in flying masses

Something, such as a decorative motif, that resembles such a branch.

To fall into or move through fluid with this effect

To disperse (a liquid, for example) in a mass or jet of droplets, particles, or small pieces.

To move, spill, or fly about in scattered masses

To apply a spray to (a surface); hit with a spray.

To produce a sound or sight associated with this effect.

To discharge sprays of liquid.

The act or sound of splashing

To be directed or dispersed in a spray.

A flying mass of fluid.

(Zoology) To urinate on various objects as a way of marking territory.

A small amount, especially of a fluid

A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.

A marking produced by or as if by scattered fluid

(figuratively) Something resembling a spray of liquid.

A great though often short-lived impression; a stir

(countable) A pressurized container; an atomizer.

(onomatopoeia) The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.

(countable) Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner.

A small amount of liquid.

A jet of fine medicated vapour, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer.

A small amount (of color).

A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal to all parts of the mold.

A mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid.

A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.

An impact or impression.

The allocation and filling of blocks of memory with the same byte sequence, hoping to establish that sequence in a certain predetermined location as part of an exploit.

A splash screen.

(Australia) A loud scolding or reprimand, usually delivered by a sports coach or similar figure.

(wrestling) A body press; a move where the wrestler jumps forward from a raised platform such as the top turnbuckle, landing stomach first across an opponent lying on the ground below.

(countable) A small branch of flowers or berries.

(dated) A cosmetic powder to whiten the complexion.

(countable) A collective body of small branches.

(journalism) A large, prominent headline or article.

(uncountable) Branches and twigs collectively; foliage.

The shooting down of an aircraft over water.

An orchard.

The bleeding caused by a knife wound.

(countable) An ornament or design that resembles a branch.

A knife.

(transitive) To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something.

To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.

(ergative) To project in a dispersive manner.

To disperse a fluid suddenly; to splatter.

To project many small items dispersively.

(transitive) To hit or expel liquid at.

To urinate in order to mark territory.

To create an impact or impression; to print, post, or publicize prominently.

To allocate blocks of memory from (a heap, etc.), and fill them with the same byte sequence, hoping to establish that sequence in a certain predetermined location as part of an exploit.

(transitive) To spend (money).

To pass (a ball), usually laterally across the field and often a long distance.

(figurative) To roughly fill with color.

To kick (a ball) poorly and in an unintended direction.

To launch a ship.

To give unwanted advice.

To shoot down (an aircraft) over water.

A small shoot or branch; a twig.

To stab (a person), causing them to bleed.

A collective body of small branches, or cut flowers with long stems; as, the tree has a beautiful spray; many sprays were sent in condolence to teh funeral home.

To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.

A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal in all parts of the mold.

To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet.

Water flying in small drops or particles, as by the force of wind, or the dashing of waves, or from a waterfall, and the like.

To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such a way as to spatter.

A jet of fine medicated vapor, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer.

Water, or water and dirt, thrown upon anything, or thrown from a puddle or the like; also, a spot or daub, as of matter which wets or disfigures.

To let fall in the form of spray.

A noise made by striking upon or in a liquid.

To throw spray upon; to treat with a liquid in the form of spray; as, to spray a wound, or a surgical instrument, with carbolic acid.

The sound like water splashing

A pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying

A small quantity of something moist or soft;

A dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine spray

The act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface

A quantity of small objects flying through the air;

The act of scattering water about haphazardly

Flower arrangement consisting of a single branch or shoot bearing flowers and foliage

Cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force;

Water in small drops in the atmosphere; blown from waves or thrown up by a waterfall

Walk through mud or mire;

A jet of vapor

Dash a liquid upon or against;

Be discharged in sprays of liquid;

Mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered;

Scatter in a mass or jet of droplets;

Make a splashing sound;

Cover by spraying with a liquid;

Soil or stain with a splashed liquid

Strike and dash about in a liquid;