Diverse vs Facet - What's the difference?
diverse | facet |
Consisting of many different elements; various.
Different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate.
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* Ben Jonson
Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem.
One among many similar or related, yet still distinct things.
One of a series of things, such as steps in a project.
(anatomy) One member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans.
(anatomy) A smooth circumscribed surface.
(architecture) The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column.
(mathematics) A face of codimension 1 of a polytope.
To cut a facet into a gemstone.
As an adjective diverse
is .As a noun facet is
any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem.As a verb facet is
to cut a facet into a gemstone.diverse
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* 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.
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- Eloquence is a great and diverse thing.
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(wikipedia facet)Noun
(en noun)- This facet of the diamond was masterfully cut to enhance its value.
- The child's learning disability was only one facet of the problems contributing to his delinquency.
- We had just about completed the research facet of the project when the order came to cancel it .
- the articular facet of a bone
