Disparate vs. Diverse — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Disparate and Diverse
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Disparate
Essentially different in kind; not able to be compared
They inhabit disparate worlds of thought
Diverse
Differing one from another
Members of the same family can have very diverse personalities.
Disparate
Things so unlike that there is no basis for comparison.
Diverse
Made up of distinct characteristics, qualities, or elements
"Prague ... offers visitors a series of excursions into a rich and diverse past" (Olivier Bernier).
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).
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Diverse
Relating to or containing people from different ethnicities and social backgrounds
A diverse workforce.
A diverse curriculum.
Disparate
Containing or composed of dissimilar or opposing elements
A disparate group of people who represented a cross section of the city.
Diverse
Consisting of many different elements; various.
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.
Diverse
Different; dissimilar; distinct; not the same
Disparate
Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs
Diverse
Capable of various forms; multiform.
Disparate
Utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common ground.
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.
Disparate
Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.
Diverse
Belonging to a minority group.
Disparate
Unequal; dissimilar; separate.
Connecting disparate thoughts, purely by means of resemblances in the words expressing them.
Diverse
In different directions; diversely.
Disparate
Pertaining to two coördinate species or divisions.
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.
Disparate
Fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind;
Such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing
Disparate ideas
Diverse
Capable of various forms; multiform.
Eloquence is a great and diverse thing.
Disparate
Including markedly dissimilar elements;
A disparate aggregate of creeds and songs and prayers
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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