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Dissimilar vs Diverse - What's the difference?

dissimilar | diverse |

As adjectives the difference between dissimilar and diverse

is that dissimilar is not similar; unlike; different while diverse is consisting of many different elements; various.

As an adverb diverse is

in different directions; diversely.

dissimilar

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not similar; unlike; different

    • diverse

    English

    Alternative forms

    * divers (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Consisting of many different elements; various.
  • Different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate.
  • * J. Edwards
    • The word is used in a sense very diverse from its original import.
  • * R. Browning
    • Our roads are diverse : farewell, love! said she.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katrina G. Claw
    • , title= Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.}}
  • Capable of various forms; multiform.
  • * Ben Jonson
    • Eloquence is a great and diverse thing.

    Antonyms

    * (l)

    Related terms

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    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In different directions; diversely.

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