Spread
Spread verb - To cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people.
Vary
Vary verb - To be unlike; to not be the same.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- As the bearer of the Element of Laughter, Pinkie Pie's mission is to spread joy and laughter all over Equestria, although the results will vary, as her delivery of humour ranges from cheers to cringe.
Source: Cheer Them Up with Laughter - The Black Death, also Yersinia plague, began in China and had spread to Europe by the 1300s, killed a sizable fraction of the Eurasian population: estimates vary wildly, but some place the death rate as high as 60%.
Source: The Plague
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Vary and Spread. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/spread/vary
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