different between disparate vs sperate

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

Borrowed from Latin speratus, past participle of sperare (“to hope”).

Adjective

sperate (comparative more sperate, superlative most sperate)

1. (archaic) hoped for

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bouvier to this entry?)

Anagrams

• Partees, Perates, reapest, repaste, repeats, retapes, tree sap

Interlingua

Participle

sperate

1. past participle of sperar

Italian

Verb

sperate

1. second-person plural present indicative of sperare
2. second-person plural imperative of sperare
3. feminine plural of sperato

Anagrams

• esperta, pareste, pestare, pesterà, pratese, pretesa, saprete, sparete

Latin

Verb

sp?r?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of sp?r?