Sprinkle vs. Spray

Sprinkleverb

(transitive) To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).

‘The confectioner sprinkled icing sugar over the cakes.’;

Spraynoun

A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.

‘The sailor could feel the spray from the waves.’;

Sprinkleverb

(transitive) To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it.

‘The confectioner sprinkled the cakes with icing sugar.’;

Spraynoun

A pressurized container; an atomizer.

Sprinkleverb

(intransitive) To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically.

‘It sprinkled outside all day long.’;

Spraynoun

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

Sprinkleverb

(intransitive) To rain very lightly outside.

‘It sprinkled very early in the morning.’;

Spraynoun

(medicine) 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.

Sprinkleverb

(transitive) To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.

Spraynoun

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

Sprinklenoun

A light covering with a sprinkled substance.

‘He decorated the Christmas card with a sprinkle of glitter.’;

Spraynoun

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

Sprinklenoun

A light rain shower.

Spraynoun

(countable) A small branch of flowers or berries.

‘The bridesmaid carried a spray of lily-of-the-valley.’;

Sprinklenoun

An aspersorium or utensil for sprinkling.

Spraynoun

(countable) A collective body of small branches.

‘The tree has a beautiful spray.’;

Sprinkleverb

To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc.

Spraynoun

(uncountable) Branches and twigs collectively; foliage.

Sprinkleverb

To scatter on; to disperse something over in small drops or particles; to besprinkle; as, to sprinkle the earth with water; to sprinkle a floor with sand.

Spraynoun

An orchard.

Sprinkleverb

To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.

‘Having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience.’;

Spraynoun

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

Sprinkleverb

To scatter a liquid, or any fine substance, so that it may fall in particles.

‘And the priest shall . . . sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord.’;

Sprayverb

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

‘The firemen sprayed the house.’; ‘Using a water cannon, the national guard sprayed the protesters.’;

Sprinkleverb

To rain moderately, or with scattered drops falling now and then; as, it sprinkles.

Sprayverb

(ergative) To project in a dispersive manner.

‘Spray some ointment on that scratch.’; ‘The water sprayed out of the hose.’;

Sprinkleverb

To fly or be scattered in small drops or particles.

Sprayverb

To project many small items dispersively.

Sprinklenoun

A small quantity scattered, or sparsely distributed; a sprinkling.

Sprayverb

To urinate in order to mark territory.

Sprinklenoun

A utensil for sprinkling; a sprinkler.

Sprayverb

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.

‘to spray the heap of a target process’;

Sprinklenoun

a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby

Spraynoun

A small shoot or branch; a twig.

‘The painted birds, companions of the spring,Hopping from spray to spray, were heard to sing.’;

Sprinklenoun

the act of sprinkling or splashing water;

‘baptized with a sprinkling of holy water’; ‘a sparge of warm water over the malt’;

Spraynoun

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.

‘And from the trees did lop the needless spray.’;

Sprinkleverb

distribute loosely;

‘He scattered gun powder under the wagon’;

Spraynoun

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

Sprinkleverb

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

‘She splashed the water around her’;

Spraynoun

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.

Sprinkleverb

rain gently;

‘It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick’;

Spraynoun

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.

Sprinkleverb

scatter with liquid; wet lightly;

‘Sprinkle the lawn’;

Sprayverb

To let fall in the form of spray.

Sprayverb

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.

Spraynoun

a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying

Spraynoun

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

Spraynoun

a quantity of small objects flying through the air;

‘a spray of bullets’;

Spraynoun

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

Spraynoun

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

Spraynoun

a jet of vapor

Sprayverb

be discharged in sprays of liquid;

‘Water sprayed all over the floor’;

Sprayverb

scatter in a mass or jet of droplets;

‘spray water on someone’; ‘spray paint on the wall’;

Sprayverb

cover by spraying with a liquid;

‘spray the wall with paint’;