Disparate vs Diverse - What's the difference?
disparate | diverse |
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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Consisting of many different elements; various.
Different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate.
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As adjectives the difference between disparate and diverse
is that disparate is composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous while diverse is consisting of many different elements; various.As a noun disparate
is any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.As an adverb diverse is
in different directions; diversely.disparate
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The board of the company was decidedly disparate – no two members from the same social or economic background.
Synonyms
* (composed of distinct elements ): incongruous, mismatched, uncoordinated * (markedly different ): different, dissimilar, unalikeReferences
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Alternative forms
* divers (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- The word is used in a sense very diverse from its original import.
- Our roads are diverse : farewell, love! said she.
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- Eloquence is a great and diverse thing.
