Heterogeneous vs Multifarious - What's the difference?
heterogeneous | multifarious |
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.
Having multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; diversified; made up of many differing parts; manifold.
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(legal, of lawsuits) in which a party or a cause of action has been improperly or wrongfully joined together in the same suit, as in a misjoinder. This may be a result of a joinder of unrelated, distinct, and independent parties or matters.'>citation
As adjectives the difference between heterogeneous and multifarious
is that heterogeneous is diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts while multifarious is having multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; diversified; made up of many differing parts; manifold.heterogeneous
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(en adjective)Antonyms
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(en adjective)- It is divided into parts that are too small and multifarious .
