Desperate vs. Disparate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Desperate and Disparate
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Desperate
Feeling or showing a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with
A desperate sadness enveloped Ruth
Disparate
Essentially different in kind; not able to be compared
They inhabit disparate worlds of thought
Desperate
(of a person) having a great need or desire for something
Other women are desperate to get back to work
I am desperate for a cigarette
Disparate
Things so unlike that there is no basis for comparison.
Desperate
Having lost all hope; despairing.
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Disparate
Fundamentally distinct or different in kind; entirely dissimilar
"This mixture of apparently disparate materials—scandal and spiritualism, current events and eternal recurrences—is not promising on the face of it" (Garry Wills).
Desperate
Marked by, arising from, or showing despair
The desperate look of hunger.
A desperate cry for help.
Disparate
Containing or composed of dissimilar or opposing elements
A disparate group of people who represented a cross section of the city.
Desperate
Reckless or violent because of despair
A desperate criminal.
Disparate
Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.
The board of the company was decidedly disparate, with no two members from the same social or economic background.
Desperate
Undertaken out of extreme urgency or as a last resort
A desperate attempt to save the family business.
Disparate
Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs
Desperate
Nearly hopeless; critical
A desperate illness.
A desperate situation.
Disparate
Utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common ground.
Desperate
Suffering or driven by great need or distress
Desperate for recognition.
Disparate
Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.
Desperate
Extremely intense
Felt a desperate urge to tell the truth.
Disparate
Unequal; dissimilar; separate.
Connecting disparate thoughts, purely by means of resemblances in the words expressing them.
Desperate
In dire need (of something); having a dire need or desire.
I hadn't eaten in two days and was desperate for food.
Desperate to eat; desperate for attention
Disparate
Pertaining to two coördinate species or divisions.
Desperate
Being filled with, or in a state of, despair; hopeless.
I was so desperate at one point, I even went to see a loan shark.
Disparate
Fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind;
Such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing
Disparate ideas
Desperate
Beyond hope, leaving little reason for hope; causing despair; extremely perilous.
A desperate disease;
Desperate fortune
Disparate
Including markedly dissimilar elements;
A disparate aggregate of creeds and songs and prayers
Desperate
Involving or employing extreme measures, without regard to danger or safety; reckless due to hopelessness.
He dove into the rushing waters in a desperate effort to save her life.
Desperate
Extremely bad; outrageous, shocking; intolerable.
Desperate
Intense; extremely intense.
Desperate
A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, addict, etc.
Desperate
Without hope; given to despair; hopeless.
I am desperate of obtaining her.
Desperate
Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune.
Desperate
Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort.
Desperate
Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; - used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality.
A desperate offendress against nature.
The most desperate of reprobates.
Desperate
One desperate or hopeless.
Desperate
A person who is frightened and in need of help;
They prey on the hopes of the desperate
Desperate
Arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope;
A despairing view of the world situation
The last despairing plea of the condemned criminal
A desperate cry for help
Helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether
Her desperate screams
Desperate
Desperately determined;
Do-or-die revolutionaries
A do-or-die conflict
Desperate
(of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair;
A desperate criminal
Taken hostage of desperate men
Desperate
Showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort;
Made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber
The desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war
They took heroic measures to save his life
Desperate
Showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire;
Felt a desperate urge to confess
A desperate need for recognition
Desperate
Fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless;
A desperate illness
On all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel
A dire emergency
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