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diffusion has 3 distinct synonyms spread across 2 of its 4 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
(physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration
the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another
the act of dispersing or diffusing something
“the dispersion of the troops”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for diffusion come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.