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Disparate is a related term of unlike.


As adjectives the difference between disparate and unlike

is that disparate is composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous while unlike is not like; dissimilar; diverse; having no resemblance.

As a noun disparate

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

As a preposition unlike is

differently from; not in a like or similar manner.

As a verb unlike is

to dislike.

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.

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    unlike

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) unlic, unlich, from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not like; dissimilar; diverse; having no resemblance.
    • The brothers are quite unlike each other.
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  • Unequal.
    • They contributed in unlike amounts.
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  • (archaic) Not likely; improbable; unlikely.

    • Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • Differently from; not in a like or similar manner.
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  • In contrast with.
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    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (unlik)
  • To dislike.
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  • To withdraw support for a particular thing, especially on social networking websites
    • I unliked the video link after I realized it was making fun of me.
  • * 2009 , , “ On Language: The Age of Undoing”, in The New York Times Magazine, 2009 September 20, page MM8:
    • Facebook, for instance, allows you to register approval for a posted message in a very concrete way, by clicking a thumbs-up like'' button. Toggling off the button results in ''unliking''''' your previously ''liked'' item. Note that this is different from ''disliking'' something, since '''''unliking simply returns you to a neutral state.
  • * 2010 June 25, "TheKorn" (username), " Re: Pinball: RGP and/or Facebook", in rec.games.pinball, Usenet :
    • My comment was more of a backhanded slap at Stern Pinball's Facebook "presence", specifically the garbage "cheap heat" posts. It's so inane (and now, so constant) that I wound up "unliking " stern pinball entirely.