Dispersible vs. Soluble
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.
Soluble
Able to be dissolved.
Sugar is soluble in water.
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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.
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.
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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
