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Unparalleled vs Disparate - What's the difference?

unparalleled | disparate |

As adjectives the difference between unparalleled and disparate

is that unparalleled is having no parallel; without equal; lacking anything similar or worthy of comparison while disparate is composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.

As a noun disparate is

(chiefly|in the plural) any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.

unparalleled

English

Alternative forms

*unparallelled (UK )

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having no parallel; without equal; lacking anything similar or worthy of comparison.
  • :The candidate experienced unparalleled support in the last election.

    • disparate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.
    • The board of the company was decidedly disparate – no two members from the same social or economic background.
  • Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs; also, less properly, utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common genus.
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    • Synonyms

    * (composed of distinct elements ): incongruous, mismatched, uncoordinated * (markedly different ): different, dissimilar, unalike

    References

    Related terms

    * dispair * disparately * disparateness * disparity

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, in the plural) Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.

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