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This page in a nutshell: Most people who say they're "diffusing conflict" don't really mean it.

Now and then someone undertakes to "diffuse" a conflict budding somewhere in the project. Probably they really mean they want to defuse the problem, as in "remove its fuse" – like from a bomb – so that it won't explode. Diffusing a conflict would be to spread it over a wide area, which ought not to be anyone's intention.

Sometimes people write lengthy posts at WP:ANI in hopes of defusing a situation; however, the ensuing drama means it is diffused instead.

Casting dispersions and inciteful comments

Closely related activities are casting dispersions and making inciteful comments.

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-A closely related activity is ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=826215789 casting dispersions]''.
+Closely related activities are ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=826215789 casting dispersions]'' and ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=841289107 making inciteful comments]''.
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