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Dispersible vs. Soluble: What's the Difference?

Dispersible and Soluble Definitions

Dispersible

To drive off or scatter in different directions
The police dispersed the crowd.

Soluble

Capable of being dissolved, especially easily dissolved
Soluble fats.

Dispersible

To strew or distribute widely
The airplane dispersed the leaflets over the city.

Soluble

Possible to solve or explain
Soluble mysteries.

Dispersible

To cause to attenuate and disappear
The sun dispersed the fog.
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Soluble

Able to be dissolved.
Sugar is soluble in water.

Dispersible

To separate (light) into spectral rays.

Soluble

Able to be solved or explained.
That mystery should be easily soluble.

Dispersible

To distribute (particles) evenly throughout a medium.

Soluble

Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution; as, some substances are soluble in alcohol which are not soluble in water.
Sugar is . . . soluble in water and fusible in fire.
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Dispersible

To separate and move in different directions; scatter
The crowd dispersed once the concert ended.

Soluble

Susceptible of being solved; as, a soluble algebraic problem; susceptible of being disentangled, unraveled, or explained; as, the mystery is perhaps soluble.

Dispersible

To attenuate and vanish; dissipate
The storm clouds had dispersed by noon.

Soluble

Relaxed; open or readily opened.

Dispersible

Capable of being dispersed, or of forming a dispersion

Soluble

(of a substance) capable of being dissolved in some solvent (usually water)

Soluble

Susceptible of solution or of being solved or explained;
The puzzle is soluble

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