Difference between Distribute and Circulate

DISTRIBUTE vs CIRCULATE: NOUN

See Medium.
A library whose books are loaned to the public, usually at certain fixed rates.
To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point.
To pass from place to place, from person to person, or from hand to hand; to be diffused
See Decimal.
To move in or flow through a circle or circuit.
To move around, as from person to person or place to place.
To move about or flow freely, as air.
To spread widely among persons or places; disseminate.
To cause to move about or be distributed.

To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.
To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.
To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.
To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases.
To divide or separate, as into classes, orders, kinds, or species; to classify; to assort, as specimens, letters, etc.
To dispense; to administer.

Synonyms Apportion, Allot, Assign (see dispense); partition, portion out.
To classify, arrange, sort, assort, dispose.
To make distribution; exercise charity.
In printing, to put dead matter (that, is, composed types that are no longer needed for printing) into the cases, by holding a quantity of it upright in the left hand on a support, and throwing the sepa rate types from a number taken between the thumb and first and second fingers of the right hand into their proper boxes; to “throw in”: as, he distributes rapidly.
To spread out; cover a surface or fill a space with: as, to distribute ink (that is, spread it evenly and smoothly) on printing-rollers; to distribute manure over a field; to distribute heat in a building.
To spread; scatter; disperse.
To separate and put in place or order; arrange by classification or location: as, to distribute printing-types into their respective boxes (see II., 2); to distribute animals into classes, orders, genera, and species; to distribute the books in a library according to their subjects.
To divide or parcel out; allot in shares; bestow in parts or shares, or in due proportion; apportion; divide among several: as, Moses distributed lands to the tribes of Israel; Christ distributed the loaves to his disciples; to distribute justice.
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In logic, to employ in its full extent, as a term

To travel round; make a circuit of.
To cause to pass from place to place or from person to person; spread; disseminate: as, to circulate, a report; to circulate bills of credit.
To move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting-point: as, the blood circulates in the body; the bottle circulated about the table.
To be diffused or distributed; pass from place to place, from person to person, or from hand to hand: as, air circulates in a building; money circulates in the country; the report circulated throughout the city.
Move around freely from person to person or from place to place

Hand out, Give away, Stagger, Deal, Diffuse, Broadcast, Stack, Spread, Allot, Propagate, Disperse, Circulate, Dispense, Administer, Disseminate

Flow, Pass on, Pass around, Circularise, Go around, Circle, Circularize, Mobilize, Diffuse, Broadcast, Disperse, Distribute, Propagate, Disseminate, Spread

Lot, Circularize, Give away, Stagger, Deal, Diffuse, Broadcast, Stack, Spread, Allot, Propagate, Disperse, Circulate, Dispense, Disseminate

Redistribute, Dissemination, Distributing, Transmit, Circulation, Flow, Circle, Circularize, Diffuse, Broadcast, Disperse, Distribute, Propagate, Disseminate, Spread

If practicable, the Company may distribute interim dividends.
Pull Starter Handle to distribute oil in cylinder.
What do they charge to distribute your resume?
Select to distribute Costs for the Miscellaneous Voucher.
Distribute the appropriate trading profiles to each group.
Others distribute one program to each ceremony guest.
What methods will we use to distribute them?
Jones with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base.
The government charged them with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine.
EPDs will distribute throughout the universe owing to repulsion force and distribute uniformly on a large scale.