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Disparate vs Disjointed - What's the difference?

disparate | disjointed |

As adjectives the difference between disparate and disjointed

is that disparate is composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous while disjointed is not connected, coherent, or continuous.

As a noun disparate

is any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.

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.

    • Anagrams

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    disjointed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (figuratively) Not connected, coherent, or continuous.
    • The hours of his illness were disjointed and confusing as he drifted in and out of consciousness.
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