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  2. Disburse typically involves the payment or distribution of money from a fund or account and is often used in financial contexts. In contrast, disperse refers to the spreading out of something, often in a scattered manner, such as particles or a crowd of people.

  3. 1. When something disperses or when you disperse it, it spreads over a wide area. [...] 2. When a group of people disperses or when someone disperses them, the group splits up and the people leave in different directions. [...] More. Conjugations of 'disperse' present simple: I disperse, you disperse [...]

  4. The verbs disburse and disperse have very similar pronunciations, and, while they have similar meanings, they have clearly defined usage cases. Disburse refers to the distribution of money. Disperse refers to the distribution of anything else, or scattering, as of crowds and ashes.

  5. Synonyms: scatter, spread, distribute, circulate More Synonyms of disperse. 2. verb. When a group of people disperses or when someone disperses them, the group splits up and the people leave in different directions. Police fired shots and used teargas to disperse the demonstrators.

  6. Definitions of 'disperse'. 1. When something disperses or when you disperse it, it spreads over a wide area. [...] 2. When a group of people disperses or when someone disperses them, the group splits up and the people leave in different directions. [...]

  7. [intransitive, transitive] to move apart and go away in different directions; to make somebody/something do this. The fog began to disperse. The crowd dispersed quickly. disperse somebody/something Police dispersed the protesters with tear gas.