DISPARATE

disparate

(adjective) including markedly dissimilar elements; “a disparate aggregate of creeds and songs and prayers”

disparate

(adjective) fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind; “such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing”; “disparate ideas”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

disparate (comparative more disparate, superlative most disparate)

Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.

Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs; also, less properly, utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common genus.

Synonyms

• (composed of distinct elements): incongruous, mismatched, uncoordinated

• (markedly different): different, dissimilar, unalike

• (incapable of being compared): incommensurable

Noun

disparate (plural disparates)

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

Anagrams

• aspirated

Source: Wiktionary


Dis"pa*rate, a. Etym: [L. disparatus, p. p. of disparare to part, separate; dis- + parare to make ready, prepare.]

1. Unequal; dissimilar; separate. Connecting disparate thoughts, purely by means of resemblances in the words expressing them. Coleridge.

2. (Logic)

Definition: Pertaining to two coördinate species or divisions.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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