Disparate vs Distinctive - What's the difference?
disparate | distinctive |
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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that serves to distinguish between things
that is characteristic or typical of something
As adjectives the difference between disparate and distinctive
is that disparate is composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous while distinctive is that serves to distinguish between things.As a noun disparate
is (chiefly|in the plural) any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.disparate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The board of the company was decidedly disparate – no two members from the same social or economic background.