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Evaporate vs Disparate - What's the difference?

evaporate | disparate |

As a verb evaporate

is to transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state.

As an adjective 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.

evaporate

English

Verb

(evaporat)
  • to transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state
  • to expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion
  • to evaporate apples
  • to give vent to; to dissipate
  • * Sir H. Wotton
  • My lord of Essex evaporated his thoughts in a sonnet.
  • (figuratively) to disappear; to escape or pass off without effect
  • * Francis Bacon
  • To give moderate liberty for griefs and discontents to evaporate is a safe way.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=March 2 , author=Chris Whyatt , title=Arsenal 5 - 0 Leyton Orient , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The hosts initially looked like they lacked a spring in their step, but fears of further agony evaporated in the seventh minute with a goal of typical Arsenal quality.}}

    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

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    Noun

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