拡かく散さん

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拡散する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

General use for things spreading out widely: information, rumors, substances, etc. Often used with する as an intransitive verb.

Related words· 8

伝でん播ぱ sense 1
伝播 stresses the transmission or propagation of something (waves, culture, disease), while 拡散 emphasizes scattering outward in many directions.
普ふ及きゅうN2sense 1
普及 means widespread adoption or popularization (e.g. of technology), whereas 拡散 refers to physical or informational dispersal without implying acceptance.
分ぶん散さんN1
拡散 emphasizes spreading out widely and often uncontrollably (like gas or rumors), while 分散 focuses on breaking something into separate parts and distributing them.
散さん布ぷ
拡散 emphasizes diffusion in all directions (gases, rumors, light), while 散布 focuses on the deliberate act of scattering or applying something over an area.

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発はっ散さんN1
拡散 focuses on things spreading out and becoming thinner or wider, whereas 発散 focuses on something being emitted or let out from a source.
浸しん透とう
拡散 emphasizes an idea or rumor spreading outward and dispersing widely, whereas 浸透 emphasizes it soaking deeply and taking root within a group.
広ひろまり
拡散 is used for diffusion in a more physical or scientific sense (particles, rumors scattering outward), while 広まり is the general word for spread of information or trends.
広ひろがるN3
拡散する has a scientific or technical nuance of diffusing or scattering, while 広がる is the everyday word for spreading.

Opposites

収しゅう束そく
収束 means to converge or settle down, the opposite of 拡散's spreading outward, and is common in both everyday and scientific contexts.
集しゅう中ちゅうN3sense 1
集中 means to concentrate or gather in one place, contrasting with 拡散's sense of scattering widely.
凝ぎょう縮しゅく
拡散 means to spread out or diffuse, the opposite of 凝縮's sense of compressing something into a concentrated form.