Heterogeneous vs Diverse - What's the difference?
heterogeneous | diverse |
Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.
(mathematics) Incommensurable because of different kinds.
(physics) Having more than one phase (solid, liquid, gas) present in a system or process.
(chemistry) Visibly consisting of different components.
(computing) Of a network comprising different types of computers, potentially with vastly differing memory sizes, processing power and even basic underlying architecture; alternatively, of a data resource with multiple types of formats.
Consisting of many different elements; various.
Different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate.
* J. Edwards
* R. Browning
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* Ben Jonson
As adjectives the difference between heterogeneous and diverse
is that heterogeneous is diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts. {{usex|lang=en|He had a large and heterogeneous collection of books.} while diverse is consisting of many different elements; various.As an adverb diverse is
in different directions; diversely.heterogeneous
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Adjective
(en adjective)Antonyms
* homogeneousExternal links
* * *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.
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- Eloquence is a great and diverse thing.