Assorted vs. Diverse — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Assorted and Diverse
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Assorted
Consisting of a number of different kinds
Assorted sizes.
Diverse
Differing one from another
Members of the same family can have very diverse personalities.
Assorted
Simple past tense and past participle of assort
Diverse
Made up of distinct characteristics, qualities, or elements
"Prague ... offers visitors a series of excursions into a rich and diverse past" (Olivier Bernier).
Assorted
Composed of a number of different kinds or types; mixed; miscellaneous.
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Diverse
Relating to or containing people from different ethnicities and social backgrounds
A diverse workforce.
A diverse curriculum.
Assorted
Selected; culled.
Diverse
Consisting of many different elements; various.
Assorted
Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity);
An arrangement of assorted spring flowers
Assorted sizes
Miscellaneous accessories
A mixed program of baroque and contemporary music
A motley crew
Sundry sciences commonly known as social
Diverse
Different; dissimilar; distinct; not the same
Assorted
Of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity;
Assorted sizes
His disguises are many and various
Various experiments have failed to disprove the theory
Cited various reasons for his behavior
Diverse
Capable of various forms; multiform.
Diverse
Composed of people with a variety of different demographic characteristics in terms of, for example, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, etc., and having a sizeable representation of people that are minorities in a given area.
Diverse
Belonging to a minority group.
Diverse
In different directions; diversely.
Diverse
Different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate.
The word . . . is used in a sense very diverse from its original import.
Our roads are diverse: farewell, love! said she.
Diverse
Capable of various forms; multiform.
Eloquence is a great and diverse thing.
Diverse
In different directions; diversely.
Diverse
To turn aside.
The redcross knight diverst, but forth rode Britomart.
Diverse
Many and different;
Tourist offices of divers nationalities
A person of diverse talents
Diverse
Distinctly dissimilar or unlike;
Diverse parts of the country
Celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan
Animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth
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