Conspicuous vs Disparate - What's the difference?
conspicuous | disparate |
Obvious or easy to notice.
* {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
, title=Well Tackled!
, chapter=7 Noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive.
* 1969 , Saul Bellow, Mr Sammler's Planet , Penguin Books Ltd, page 6:
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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As adjectives the difference between conspicuous and disparate
is that conspicuous is obvious or easy to notice while disparate is composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.As a noun disparate is
(chiefly|in the plural) any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.conspicuous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=“No, don't,” replied the superintendent; “in fact, I'd rather you made yourself conspicuous elsewhere. Go down to the landing stage and cross to New Brighton or Wallasey—doesn't matter which—and come back. No doubt you will be seen, and reported to have gone across.”}}
- He was conspicuous by his absence.
- For his height he had a small face. The combination made him conspicuous .
- He had a conspicuous lump on his forehead.
Antonyms
* inconspicuousExternal links
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English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The board of the company was decidedly disparate – no two members from the same social or economic background.