Disparate vs Alike - What's the difference?
disparate | alike |
Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.
Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs; also, less properly, utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common genus.
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Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.
In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally.
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*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.
As adjectives the difference between disparate and alike
is that disparate is composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous while alike is having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.As a noun disparate
is (chiefly|in the plural) any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.As an adverb alike is
in the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally.disparate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The board of the company was decidedly disparate – no two members from the same social or economic background.
Synonyms
* (composed of distinct elements ): incongruous, mismatched, uncoordinated * (markedly different ): different, dissimilar, unalikeReferences
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* ----alike
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Alternative forms
* yliche (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- The twins were alike .