pepper vs scatter

pepper

verb
  • To strike with something made up of small particles. 

  • To beat or thrash. 

  • To add (something) at frequent intervals. 

  • To add pepper to. 

  • To cover with lots of (something made up of small things). 

noun
  • A bell pepper, a fruit of the capsicum plant: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in very spicy and mild varieties. 

  • A randomly-generated value that is added to another value (such as a password) prior to hashing. Unlike a salt, a new one is generated for each value and it is held separately from the value. 

  • A plant of the family Piperaceae. 

  • A game used by baseball players to warm up where fielders standing close to a batter rapidly return the batted ball to be hit again 

  • A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe berries of this plant. 

  • A beating; a thrashing. 

scatter

verb
  • To deflect (radiation or particles). 

  • To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse. 

  • Of a pitcher: to keep down the number of hits or walks. 

  • To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals. 

  • To distribute loosely as by sprinkling. 

  • To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow. 

  • To be dispersed upon. 

noun
  • The act of scattering or dispersing. 

  • A collection of dispersed objects. 

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