Diverse vs. Varied — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Diverse and Varied
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Diverse
Differing one from another
Members of the same family can have very diverse personalities.
Varied
Incorporating a number of different types or elements; showing variation or variety
A long and varied career
The phenomena were very varied
Diverse
Made up of distinct characteristics, qualities, or elements
"Prague ... offers visitors a series of excursions into a rich and diverse past" (Olivier Bernier).
Varied
Having or consisting of various kinds or forms; diverse
A person with varied talents.
Diverse
Relating to or containing people from different ethnicities and social backgrounds
A diverse workforce.
A diverse curriculum.
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Varied
Characterized by variety or variation
Sailed at a varied pace.
A varied landscape.
Diverse
Consisting of many different elements; various.
Varied
Varicolored or variegated.
Diverse
Different; dissimilar; distinct; not the same
Varied
Simple past tense and past participle of vary
Diverse
Capable of various forms; multiform.
Varied
Diverse or miscellaneous
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.
Varied
Having been changed or modified
Diverse
Belonging to a minority group.
Varied
Variegated
Diverse
In different directions; diversely.
Varied
Changed; altered; various; diversified; as, a varied experience; varied interests; varied scenery.
The varied fields of science, ever new.
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.
Varied
Characterized by variety;
Immigrants' varied ethnic and religious traditions
His work is interesting and varied
Diverse
Capable of various forms; multiform.
Eloquence is a great and diverse thing.
Varied
Widely different;
Varied motives prompt people to join a political party
Varied ethnic traditions of the immigrants
Diverse
In different directions; diversely.
Varied
Broken away from sameness or identity or duplication;
Her quickly varied answers indicated uncertainty
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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