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Diverse vs Comprehensive - What's the difference?

diverse | comprehensive |

As adjectives the difference between diverse and comprehensive

is that diverse is consisting of many different elements; various while comprehensive is broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.

As an adverb diverse

is in different directions; diversely.

As a noun comprehensive is

a comprehensive school.

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

    * (l) * (l)

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In different directions; diversely.

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    Anagrams

    * ----

    comprehensive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Broadly]] or completely covering; [[include, including a large proportion of something.

    • Synonyms

    * (broadly or completely covering) exhaustive, thorough, all-encompassing

    Derived terms

    * comprehensively * comprehensivization * comprehensivize

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) A comprehensive school.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Peter Wilby)
    • , volume=189, issue=6, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Finland spreads word on schools , passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.}} ----