Innumerable vs Diverse - What's the difference?
innumerable | diverse | Related terms |
Not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered, hence, indefinitely numerous; of great number.
* (Mark Twain), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Consisting of many different elements; various.
Different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate.
* J. Edwards
* R. Browning
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* Ben Jonson
Innumerable is a related term of diverse.
As adjectives the difference between innumerable and diverse
is that innumerable is not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered, hence, indefinitely numerous; of great number while diverse is .innumerable
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Soon we could see the innumerable banners fluttering, and then the sun struck the sea of armor and set it all aflash.
Synonyms
* countless * numberless * unnumbereddiverse
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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.
