Disparate vs. Incongruous

Disparate (adjective)

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."

Disparate (adjective)

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

Disparate (noun)

Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.

Incongruous (adjective)

Not similar or congruent; not matching or fitting in.

Incongruous (adjective)

Of two numbers, with respect to a third, such that their difference can not be divided by it without a remainder.

"20 and 25 are incongruous with respect to 4."

Disparate (adjective)

Unequal; dissimilar; separate.

Disparate (adjective)

Pertaining to two coördinate species or divisions.

Incongruous (adjective)

Not congruous; reciprocally disagreeing; not capable of harmonizing or readily assimilating; inharmonious; inappropriate; unsuitable; not fitting; inconsistent; improper; as, an incongruous remark; incongruous behavior, action, dress, etc.

Disparate (adjective)

fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind;

"such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing"

"disparate ideas"

Disparate (adjective)

including markedly dissimilar elements;

"a disparate aggregate of creeds and songs and prayers"

Incongruous (adjective)

lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness;

"a plan incongruous with reason"

"incongruous behavior"

"a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation"