different between disparate vs hybrid

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French desparat, from Latin dispar?tus, past participle of dispar? (“to divide”), from dis- (“apart”) + par? (“to make equal”), from par (“equal”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?sp(?)??t/, /?d?sp(?)??t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?sp(?)??t/, /d??sp???t/, /d??spæ??t/

Adjective

disparate (comparative more disparate, superlative most disparate)

1. Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.
2. Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs
3. Utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common ground.

Synonyms

• (composed of distinct elements): incongruous, mismatched, uncoordinated
• (markedly different): different, dissimilar, unalike
• (incapable of being compared): incommensurable

Related terms

• dispair
• disparately
• disparateness
• disparity

Translations

References

Further reading

• disparate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• disparate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Noun

disparate (plural disparates)

1. (chiefly in the plural) Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.

Anagrams

• aspirated

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dispar?tus, past participle of to divide, from dis- (“apart”) + to make equal, from par (“equal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.pa.?at/

Adjective

disparate (plural disparates)

1. disparate; incongruous

Further reading

• “disparate” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

disparate

1. inflection of disparat:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

disparate

1. feminine plural of disparato

Anagrams

• derapasti
• disperata

Latin

Verb

dispar?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dispar?

Portuguese

Etymology

Back-formation from disparatar or from Spanish disparate.

Noun

disparate m (plural disparates)

1. nonsense (meaningless words or actions)

   Synonyms: asneira, dislate

2. Great amount; a lot

Spanish

Etymology

From disparatar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dispa??ate/, [d?is.pa??a.t?e]

Noun

disparate m (plural disparates)

1. nonsense (meaningless words or actions)

   Synonym: dislate

2. a great amount; a lot
3. crazy idea

Further reading

• “disparate” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

Known in English since 1601, but rare before c.1850. From Latin hybrida, a variant of hibrida (“a mongrel; specifically, offspring of a tame sow and a wild boar”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: h?'br?d, IPA^(key): /?ha?.b??d/

Noun

hybrid (plural hybrids)

1. (biology) Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.
2. Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies.
   1. (linguistics) A word whose elements are derived from different languages.
   2. A hybrid vehicle (especially a car), one that runs on both fuel (gasoline/diesel) and electricity (battery or energy from the sun).
   3. (cycling) A bicycle that is a compromise between a road bike and a mountain bike.
   4. (golf) A golf club that combines the characteristics of an iron and a wood.
   5. An electronic circuit constructed of individual devices bonded to a substrate or PCB.
   6. A computer that is part analog computer and part digital computer.

Synonyms

• (biology): bastard, crossbred/crossbreed/cross-breed, mixling

Translations

Adjective

hybrid (comparative more hybrid, superlative most hybrid)

1. Consisting of diverse 'hybridized' components.

Translations

Related terms

See also

• transgenic
• cultivar

References

• hybrid, page 216, chapter: A Miscegenation Vocabulary in Interracialism, Terms from the Oxford English Dictionary, book: Black White Intermarriage in American History, Literature and Law, Edited by Werner Sollor, Oxford University Press, 2000 [1]
• hybrid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• hybrid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• hybrid at OneLook Dictionary Search

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin hibrida

Noun

hybrid m (definite singular hybriden, indefinite plural hybrider, definite plural hybridene)

1. a hybrid

References

• “hybrid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin hibrida

Noun

hybrid m (definite singular hybriden, indefinite plural hybridar, definite plural hybridane)

1. a hybrid

References

• “hybrid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.