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
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.
• (composed of distinct elements): incongruous, mismatched, uncoordinated
• (markedly different): different, dissimilar, unalike
• (incapable of being compared): incommensurable
disparate (plural disparates)
(chiefly, in the plural) Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.
• 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
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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