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Diverse vs Mixed - What's the difference?

diverse | mixed |

As adjectives the difference between diverse and mixed

is that diverse is consisting of many different elements; various while mixed is having two or more separate aspects.

As an adverb diverse

is in different directions; diversely.

As a verb mixed is

past tense of mix.

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)

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In different directions; diversely.
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    mixed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (mix)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having two or more separate aspects.
  • I get a very mixed feeling from this puzzling painting.
  • Not completely pure, tainted or adulterated.
  • My joy was somewhat mixed when my partner said she was pregnant: it's a lot of responsibility.
  • Including both male(s) and female(s).
  • The tennis match was mixed with a boy and a girl on each side.
    ''My son attends a mixed school, my daughter an all-girl grammar school.
  • Stemming from two or more races or breeds
  • ''The benefit dog show has both mixed and single-breed competitions.
    ''Mixed blood can surprisingly produce inherited properties which neither parent showed

    Synonyms

    * heterogenous * (not pure) impure

    Antonyms

    * unmixed * homogenous

    Derived terms

    * mixed blessing * mixed bud * mixed company * mixed doubles * mixed drink * mixed farming * mixed marriage * mixed message * mixed number

    Anagrams

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