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Bricolage vs Disparate - What's the difference?

bricolage | disparate |

As nouns the difference between bricolage and disparate

is that bricolage is (uncountable) construction using whatever was available at the time while disparate is (chiefly|in the plural) any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.

As an adjective disparate is

composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.

bricolage

English

(wikipedia bricolage)

Noun

  • (uncountable) Construction using whatever was available at the time.
  • (countable) Something constructed using whatever was available at the time.

    • disparate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.
    • The board of the company was decidedly disparate – no two members from the same social or economic background.
  • 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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    • Synonyms

    * (composed of distinct elements ): incongruous, mismatched, uncoordinated * (markedly different ): different, dissimilar, unalike

    References

    Related terms

    * dispair * disparately * disparateness * disparity

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, in the plural) Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.

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