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Disparate vs Polarized - What's the difference?

disparate | polarized |

As adjectives the difference between disparate and polarized

is that disparate is composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous while polarized is (us) having a distinctive polarization.

As a noun disparate

is (chiefly|in the plural) any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.

As a verb polarized is

(polarize).

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

    External links

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    Noun

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

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    polarized

    English

    Alternative forms

    * polarised (UK )

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (US) Having a distinctive polarization.
  • (US) Of a group or situation, being at two or more extremes.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (polarize)