Protean vs Diversity - What's the difference?
protean | diversity |
Exceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or forms.
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Of or pertaining to Proteus; characteristic of Proteus.
The quality of being diverse or different; difference or unlikeness.
* c''1386 , (Geoffrey Chaucer), ''(w, The Man of Law's Tale) , 87:
A variety; diverse types or examples.
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As an adjective protean
is of or relating to proteus.As a noun diversity is
the quality of being diverse or different; difference or unlikeness.protean
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- An amoeba is a protean animalcule.
- His plots and protean characters plunge readers into the world of fable, yet their universal appeal, as this biography shows, is deeply rooted in the particularity of Garcia Marquez’s own idiosyncratic early life...
- He loved to show off his protean talent.
See also
* Protea * shapeshiftingdiversity
English
Noun
(diversities)- Ther was swich diversitee Bitwene hir bothe lawes.
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Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […], passage=The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile. Only the city zoo offers greater species diversity .}}