Heterogeneous vs Dissimilar - What's the difference?
heterogeneous | dissimilar | Synonyms |
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.
