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Disparate vs Contradictory - What's the difference?

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Disparate is a related term of contradictory.


As adjectives the difference between disparate and contradictory

is that disparate is composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous while contradictory is that contradicts something, such as an argument.

As nouns the difference between disparate and contradictory

is that disparate is (chiefly|in the plural) any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things while contradictory is (logic) any of a pair of propositions, that cannot both be true or both be false.

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

    Noun

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

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    contradictory

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That contradicts something, such as an argument.
  • That is itself a contradiction.
  • That is diametrically opposed to something.
  • * Addison
  • Schemes contradictory to common sense.
  • Mutually exclusive.
  • Tending to contradict or oppose, contrarious.
  • Derived terms

    * contradictorily * contradictoriness

    Synonyms

    * opposite * (mutually exclusive ) incompatible

    Noun

    (contradictories)
  • (logic) Any of a pair of propositions, that cannot both be true or both be false.
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  • Hyponyms

    * negation

    See also

    * oxymoron * paradox