Diffused and Diffusive

verb

• Move outward.
  • usage: "The soldiers fanned out"
  • synonyms: diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out
• Spread or diffuse through.
  • usage: "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"
  • synonyms: permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle
• Cause to become widely known.
  • usage: "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
  • synonyms: circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around

adjective

• Of light rays. ( subjected to scattering by reflection from a rough surface or transmission through a translucent material)
  • usage: "diffused light"
• Of light. ( transmitted from a broad light source or reflected).
  • synonyms: soft, diffuse

• (imp.&p.p.) of Diffuse.
• (a.) Spread abroad; dispersed; loose; flowing; diffuse.

adjective

• Spreading by diffusion.
  • synonyms: diffusing, dispersive, disseminative

(a.) Having the quality of diffusing; capable of spreading every way by flowing; spreading widely; widely reaching; copious; diffuse.