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diffuse

/dɪˈfjuːz/verb

उच्चारण डिफ़्यूज़

फैलाना, विसरित होना

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verb
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    [I, T]

    to spread something or become spread widely in every direction

    फैलाना, विसरित होना

    • The perfume diffused through the room.
    • to diffuse knowledge
    • Smoke slowly diffused through the whole building.
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    • Light diffuses as it passes through frosted glass.
    • Newspapers helped to diffuse new ideas among ordinary people.

    Synonyms spread scatter disperse circulate disseminate

    Opposite concentrate gather collect focus

adjective/dɪˈfjuːs/
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    spread over a wide area; not clear or easy to understand; using a lot of words

    बिखरा हुआ; अस्पष्ट, विस्तृत

    • diffuse light
    • a diffuse style
    • The room was lit by a soft, diffuse glow from the lamp.
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    • His essay was diffuse and hard to follow.
    • A diffuse pain spread across her back.

    Synonyms scattered spread out verbose rambling wordy

    Opposite concentrated concise succinct

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≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?

Keep apart, asked very often: diffuse (spread widely) and defuse (make a bomb or a tense situation safe).

इन्हें अलग रखिए, यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: diffuse (व्यापक रूप से फैलाना) और defuse (बम या तनावपूर्ण स्थिति को सुरक्षित करना)।

§Grammar and usage

Verb diffuse /z/, adjective diffuse /s/.

Pronunciation: verb diffuse का उच्चारण /z/ पर खत्म होता है (फैलाना), जबकि adjective diffuse का उच्चारण /s/ पर खत्म होता है (बिखरा हुआ)।

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General knowledge

Science: diffusion is the movement of particles from an area of high concentration to low concentration (the smell of perfume spreading in a room); osmosis is the diffusion of water through a membrane.

विज्ञान में diffusion (विसरण) कणों का उच्च सांद्रता से निम्न सांद्रता की ओर जाना है (कमरे में इत्र की गंध फैलना); osmosis (परासरण) झिल्ली से पानी का विसरण है।