radiate vs scatter

radiate

verb
  • To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography. 

  • To come out or proceed in rays or waves. 

  • To illuminate. 

  • To manifest oneself in a glowing manner. 

  • To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii. 

  • To emit rays or waves. 

  • to spread into new habitats, migrate. 

adj
  • Surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture. 

  • Having radial symmetry, like a seastar. 

  • Belonging to the Radiata. 

  • Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated. 

  • Having parts radiating from the center, like the petals in many flowers. 

  • Consisting of a disc in which the florets are tubular. 

noun
  • One of the Radiata. 

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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