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Spell Bee Word: diffuse


Basic Details

Word: Diffuse

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: To spread out slowly over a wide area, as a smell spreads through a room or light spreads through thin cloth.

Synonyms: spread, scatter, disperse

Antonyms: gather, concentrate

Sounds like: defuse (to remove the fuse from a bomb, or to calm a tense situation)

How to Spell Diffuse

Syllables: dif - fuse

Tricky part: Diffuse has a double f and ends in se, not ze. Defuse, with one f and an e after d, is a different word.

Watch out for: difuse, diffuze, diffues

Memory tip: Two f's sit side by side, as if they are spreading out, and spreading out is what diffuse means. Defuse, with one f, is what experts do to a bomb.

Usage Examples

Example 1: A drop of ink will slowly diffuse through a glass of still water.

Example 2: The smell of frying pakoras diffused through the whole house.

Example 3: Paper lanterns diffuse the light and make it softer.

Fun Fact

You can smell perfume across a still room because its tiny particles diffuse through the air, moving from where there are many to where there are few.

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Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: diffuse

a) gather
b) scatter
c) disperse
d) spread

Show answer

a) gather. To gather is to bring together, the opposite of spreading out.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) refuze
b) excuze
c) amuze
d) diffuse

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d) diffuse. Diffuse ends in se; refuse, amuse and excuse also end in se, not ze.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

fuisfed

a) refuse
b) defuse
c) diffused
d) diffuse

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d) diffuse. With two f's and an i among seven letters, only diffuse fits.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When light is diffused, it is ____.

a) switched off
b) made into a narrow beam
c) spread out and softer
d) turned red

Show answer

c) spread out and softer

2. Which word means to calm a tense situation?

a) refuse
b) defuse
c) diffuse
d) infuse

Show answer

b) defuse

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