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Diversified vs Motley - What's the difference?

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Diversified is a related term of motley.


As adjectives the difference between diversified and motley

is that diversified is modified by diversification while motley is comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity; heterogeneous.

As a verb diversified

is .

As a noun motley is

an incongruous mixture.

diversified

English

Verb

(head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • modified by diversification
  • motley

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity; heterogeneous.
  • *
  • *:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
  • Having many colours; variegated.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An incongruous mixture.
  • A jester's multicoloured clothes.
  • (by extension) A jester; a fool.
  • * 1598 , , III. iii. 71:
  • Will you be married, motley ?
  • * 1609 , :
  • Alas, 'tis true, I have gone here and there, / And made myself a motley to the view,