Diffuse vs. Defuse

Diffuseverb

(transitive) To spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.

Diffuseverb

(intransitive) To be spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.

Diffuseadjective

Everywhere or throughout everything; not focused or concentrated.

Diffuseadjective

Wordy; verbose.

Diffuseverb

To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to flow on all sides; to send out, or extend, in all directions; to spread; to circulate; to disseminate; to scatter; as to diffuse information.

Diffuseverb

To pass by spreading every way, to diffuse itself.

Diffuseadjective

Poured out; widely spread; not restrained; copious; full; esp., of style, opposed to concise or terse; verbose; prolix; as, a diffuse style; a diffuse writer.

Diffuseverb

move outward;

Diffuseverb

spread or diffuse through;

Diffuseverb

cause to become widely known;

Diffuseadjective

spread out; not concentrated in one place;

Diffuseadjective

lacking conciseness;

Diffuseverb

spread over a wide area or between a large number of people

Diffuseverb

intermingle with another substance by movement, typically in a specified direction or at specified speed

Diffuseverb

cause (light) to spread evenly to reduce glare and harsh shadows.

Diffuseadjective

spread out over a large area; not concentrated

Diffuseadjective

(of disease) not localized in the body

Diffuseadjective

lacking clarity or conciseness

Defuseverb

(transitive) To remove the fuse from (a bomb, etc.).

Defuseverb

(transitive) To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile.

Defuseverb

(obsolete) To disorder; to make shapeless.

Defuseverb

To disorder; to make shapeless.

Defuseverb

To remove the fuse from; to deactivate (a bomb or other explosive device) or make it ineffective.

Defuseverb

To make less dangerous; as, to defuse a tense confrontation between demonstrators and police.

Defuseverb

remove the triggering device from

Defuseverb

remove the fuse from (an explosive device) in order to prevent it from exploding

Defuseverb

make (a situation) less tense or dangerous