Motley vs Polychromatic - What's the difference?
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Comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity; heterogeneous.
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*: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.
An incongruous mixture.
A jester's multicoloured clothes.
(by extension) A jester; a fool.
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Showing a variety, or a change, of colours; having many colours; multicoloured.
(physics, of electromagnetic radiation) Composed of more than one wavelength.
Motley is a related term of polychromatic.
As adjectives the difference between motley and polychromatic
is that motley is comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity; heterogeneous while polychromatic is showing a variety, or a change, of colours; having many colours; multicoloured.As a noun motley
is an incongruous mixture.motley
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Noun
(en noun)- Will you be married, motley ?
- Alas, 'tis true, I have gone here and there, / And made myself a motley to the view,