Diverse vs Diversify - What's the difference?
diverse | diversify |
Consisting of many different elements; various.
Different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate.
* J. Edwards
* R. Browning
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* Ben Jonson
To make diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety to; to variegate; to distinguish by numerous differences or aspects.
As an adjective diverse
is consisting of many different elements; various.As an adverb diverse
is in different directions; diversely.As a verb diversify is
to make diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety to; to variegate; to distinguish by numerous differences or aspects.diverse
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Alternative forms
* divers (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- The word is used in a sense very diverse from its original import.
- Our roads are diverse : farewell, love! said she.
Katrina G. Claw
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- Eloquence is a great and diverse thing.
