different between scatter vs consume
scatter
English
Etymology
From Middle English scateren, skateren, (also schateren, see shatter), from Old English *sceaterian, probably from a dialect of Old Norse. Possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, split, shatter”). Compare Middle Dutch scheteren (“to scatter”), Low German schateren, Dutch schateren (“to burst out laughing”); and is apparently remotely akin to Ancient Greek ?????????? (skedánnumi, “scatter, disperse”). Doublet of shatter.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?skæt?/
- (General American) enPR: sk?t??r, IPA(key): /?skæt?/
- Rhymes: -æt?(?)
- Hyphenation: scat?ter
Verb
scatter (third-person singular simple present scatters, present participle scattering, simple past and past participle scattered)
- (ergative) To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
- The crowd scattered in terror.
- (transitive) To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.
- Her ashes were scattered at the top of a waterfall.
- Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains, / Their scattered cottages, and ample plains?
- (transitive, physics) To deflect (radiation or particles).
- (intransitive) To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.
- (transitive) To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow.
- to scatter hopes or plans
- (transitive) To be dispersed upon.
- Desiccated stalks scattered the fields.
- (transitive, baseball) Of a pitcher: to keep down the number of hits or walks.
Synonyms
- (disperse): See also Thesaurus:disperse
Derived terms
- scatterbrain
- scatterplot
- scattershot
Translations
Noun
scatter (countable and uncountable, plural scatters)
- The act of scattering or dispersing.
- A collection of dispersed objects.
- 2006, Theano S. Terkenli, Anne-Marie d'Hauteserre, Landscapes of a New Cultural Economy of Space, Springer Science & Business Media ?ISBN, page 84
- 2015, Ian Shennan, Antony J. Long, Benjamin P. Horton, Handbook of Sea-Level Research, John Wiley & Sons ?ISBN, page 19
- 2006, Theano S. Terkenli, Anne-Marie d'Hauteserre, Landscapes of a New Cultural Economy of Space, Springer Science & Business Media ?ISBN, page 84
Further reading
- scatter at OneLook Dictionary Search
- scatter in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- scatter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
References
Anagrams
- tracest
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consume
English
Etymology
From Old French consumer, from Latin c?ns?mere.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, UK, General Australian) IPA(key): /k?n?sju?m/
- (UK, General Australian) IPA(key): /k?n??u?m/
- (US) enPR: k?n-so?om, IPA(key): /k?n?sum/
Verb
consume (third-person singular simple present consumes, present participle consuming, simple past and past participle consumed)
- (transitive) To use up.
- The power plant consumes 30 tons of coal per hour.
- (transitive) To eat.
- Baby birds consume their own weight in food each day.
- (transitive) To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.
- Desire consumed him.
- (transitive) To destroy completely.
- The building was consumed by fire.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To waste away slowly.
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 441:
- But, sir, you see how weak I am. You must see that I have been consuming from day to day […] .
- 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening:
- He assured her the child was consuming at that moment in the next room.
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 441:
- (economics, transitive, intransitive) To trade money for good or services as an individual.
- In a materialistic society, individuals are taught to consume, consume, consume.
- If you consume this product while in Japan, you may be subject to consumption tax.
- (transitive) To absorb information, especially through the mass media.
- The Internet has changed the way we consume news.
Synonyms
- (use): burn (of energy), use, use up
- (eat): devour, eat, swallow
- (occupy): occupy, overcome, take over
- (destroy): annihilate, destroy, devastate, eliminate, obliterate, raze (of a building), wipe out
Derived terms
- consumer
Related terms
- consumption
- consumptive
Translations
Anagrams
- Mounces, comunes, muscone
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.sym/
Verb
consume
- first-person singular present indicative of consumer
- third-person singular present indicative of consumer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of consumer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of consumer
- second-person singular imperative of consumer
Anagrams
- écumons
Galician
Verb
consume
- second-person singular imperative of consumir
Latin
Verb
c?ns?me
- second-person singular present active imperative of c?ns?m?
Portuguese
Verb
consume
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of consumar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of consumar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of consumar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of consumar
Spanish
Verb
consume
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of consumir.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of consumir.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of consumir.
Verb
consume
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of consumar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of consumar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of consumar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of consumar.
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