Diffuse means "not concentrated or localized"; it comes from the Latin word diffūsus ("spread over a wide area"). What is the difference between diffuse and infuse?

DIFFUSING meaning: 1. present participle of diffuse 2. to (cause something to) spread in many directions: 3. to…. Learn more.

As a verb, diffuse means to spread something out, but also applies to spreading things such as ideas or culture so that they become widely known. When something is diffused, it's mixed in, …

If something diffuses light, it causes the light to spread weakly in different directions. Diffusing a light also reduces its power. [VERB noun] The sun slid behind trees, its last light diffused by …

dif·fused , dif·fus·ing , dif·fus·es v. tr. 1. To cause to spread out freely: smoke that is diffused throughout the room. 2. To make known to or cause to...

to (cause to) spread or scatter widely: [no object] The light diffused into the room. [~ + object] Diffuse the light in your room to avoid glare. disseminate:[~ + object] The printing press helped …

DIFFUSE definition: to pour out and spread, as a fluid. See examples of diffuse used in a sentence.

If the fluid is a liquid, it can have a free surface without diffusing itself, as a gas would; and this free surface, being a surface of zero pressure, or more generally of uniform atmospheric …

Their culture gradually diffused [= spread] westward. The photographer uses a screen to diffuse the light.

To send forth, disperse, and related senses. I.1.a. transitive. To send forth (an immaterial or abstract thing) in many or all directions; to spread among a large number of people; to …