different between diverse vs sundry

English

Alternative forms

• diuers, divers (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French divers, from Latin diversus (“various, different”), also written divorsus, past participle of diverto, divortere (“to turn or go different ways, part, separate, divert”); see divert.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /da??v??s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d?.?v?s/, /da?.?v?s/, /?da?.v?s/
• Rhymes: -??(?)s

Adjective

diverse (comparative more diverse, superlative most diverse)

1. Consisting of many different elements; various.

   Synonyms: manifold; see also Thesaurus:heterogeneous

   Antonyms: homogeneous; see also Thesaurus:homogeneous

2. Different; dissimilar; distinct; not the same

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:different

   • 1797?, Jonathan Edwards, A Dissertation Concerning Liberty and Necessity; containing remarks on the essays of Dr. Samuel West, and on the writings of several other authors, on those subjects.

     It must be observed concerning moral Inability, in each kind of it, that the word Inability is used in a sense very diverse from its original import.

   • 1876, Robert Browning, Bifurcation

     Our roads are diverse: farewell, love! said she.
3. Capable of various forms; multiform.
   • 1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries

     Eloquence is a great and diverse thing.

4. 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.
5. (nonstandard, proscribed) Belonging to a minority group.

   Idris Elba was a diverse hire for the franchise

   • 2016 January 22, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences^[2]:

     The Board’s goal is to commit to doubling the number of women and diverse members of the Academy by 2020.

   • 2018 November 17, Saturday Night Live, season 44, episode 6, Voter Fraud (cold open):

     Here to comment is diverse Congresswoman from Ohio […] Marcia Fudge.

Derived terms

• megadiverse

Related terms

• divert
• diversity

Translations

Adverb

diverse (comparative more diverse, superlative most diverse)

1. In different directions; diversely.

Further reading

• diverse at OneLook Dictionary Search
• diverse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• diverse in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• diverse in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.

Anagrams

• derives, dervise, deviser, drivees, revised, sivered

Danish

Etymology

From Latin diversus, via French divers

Adjective

diverse

1. various, sundry, miscellaneous, incidental.
   • han annoncerede under «diverse»
     • he inserted an ad in the "miscellaneous" section

   Synonyms: alle mulige, alskens, forskellige, forskelligartet

2. Capable of various forms; multiform.

Inflection

References

• “diverse” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

diverse

1. Inflected form of divers

Anagrams

• de Vries

Esperanto

Adverb

diverse

1. diversely

French

Adjective

diverse

1. feminine singular of divers

Anagrams

• dérives, dérivés, verdies

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

diverse

1. inflection of divers:
   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

diverse

1. feminine plural of diverso

Verb

diverse

1. third-person singular past historic of divergere

Anagrams

• sedervi, vedersi

Latin

Alternative forms

• d?vors?

Etymology

From d?versus (“turned different ways”)

Adverb

d?vers? (not comparable)

1. in different directions; hither and thither
2. (figuratively) variously

Related terms

• d?versit?s
• d?versus

References

• diverse in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• diverse in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• diverse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• divers, dyvyrs, dyvers, dyverse, dyverce

Etymology

From Old French divers, from Latin diversus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?div?rs/, /?di?v?rs/

Adjective

diverse

1. different, differing
2. (collectively) distinct, unique; diverse
3. various, varying
4. strange, odd, unusual
5. several, many
6. unfriendly

Related terms

• diversite

Descendants

• English: diverse
• Scots: diverse

References

• “d??vers(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.

Adverb

diverse

1. differently; diversely
2. variously

Descendants

• English: diverse

References

• “d??verse, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin diversus, via French divers

Adjective

diverse (indeclinable)

1. diverse, various, sundry, miscellaneous.

   han annonserte under «diverse»

   he inserted an ad in the "miscellaneous" section

2. Capable of various forms; multiform.

References

• “diverse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin diversus, via French divers

Adjective

diverse (indeclinable)

1. diverse, various, sundry, miscellaneous.
2. Capable of various forms; multiform.

References

• “diverse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Adjective

diverse (not comparable) (plural only)

1. diverse, various, different

English

Alternative forms

• sindry (dialectal)
• sondry (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English sundry, sondry, sindry, from Old English syndri? (“separate, single; sundry, various, distinct; special, private, peculiar, exceptional, particular; characteristic; (distributive) one each”), from sundor (“asunder, apart, separately”); equivalent to sunder +? -y. Cognate with Low German sunderig (“single, special”), Middle High German sunderig (“separate, special, private”), Swedish söndrig (“broken, tattered”), Dutch zonderlijk (“separate”) and more common Dutch afzonderlijk (“separate”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?n.d?i/

Adjective

sundry

1. (obsolete) Separate; distinct; diverse.
2. (obsolete) Individual; one for each.
3. Several; diverse; more than one or two; various.
   • 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales

     Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages / And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes / To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;

   • 1886-88, Richard F. Burton, The Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night:

     Thereupon, quoth he, "O woman, for sundry days I have seen thee attend the levée sans a word said; so tell me an thou have any requirement I may grant."

4. Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; miscellaneous.

Synonyms

• (separate): detached, loose; See also Thesaurus:separate
• (one for each): individual, personal, single
• (more than one or two): diverse, various; See also Thesaurus:heterogeneous
• (consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds): See also Thesaurus:assorted

Derived terms

• all and sundry
• sundrily
• sundriness

Related terms

• sunder

Noun

sundry (plural sundries)

1. (usually in the plural) A minor miscellaneous item.
   • 1865, Frances Freeling Broderip, Crosspatch, the Cricket, and the Counterpane, page 16,

     Here she kept her scarlet cloak, her Sunday shoes, her best cap and apron, and her steeple-crowned hat; but down at the very bottom, underneath her new checked petticoat, she found a little bag of sundries, which might serve her purpose, and which she sat down to examine at her leisure.

   • 1924 March, Advertisement, Popular Mechanics, page 192,

     Our big free catalog illustrates and describes parts, equipment and sundries that our more than a million riders may need.

   • 1931 June, Advertisement, Boys? Life, page 54,

     It pays you to buy from Bicycle Specialists We have been in business 40 years, and can offer you positively the lowest prices for high-grade bicycles, tires and sundries.

2. (in the plural, accounting) A category for irregular or miscellaneous items not otherwise classified.
   • 1905, William Mott Steuart (United States Bureau of the Census), Special Reports: Mines and quarries 1902, page 476,

     Miscellaheous expenses,—This item includes rent and royalties of all descriptions, “taxes, insurance, interest, advertising, office supplies, law expenses, injuries and damages, telegraph and telephone service, gas, and all other sundries not reported elsewhere.”

   • 1910, William Mott Steuart, Thomas Commerford Martin (United States Bureau of the Census), Street and Electric Railways 1907, page 181,

     In 1902 franchise values were largely carried as sundries, but it is a very common practice to charge these values to cost of construction and equipment.

   • 2009, Neville Box, VCE Accounting Units 3 & 4, 4th Edition, unnumbered page,

     Any payment listed in the Sundries column must be posted individually to the appropriate ledger account.

   • 2011, Robert Rodgers, Peter Lucas, Bookkeeping and Accounting Essentials, page 105,

     The petty cash book classifies payments as petrol and oils, postage, office, sundries and GST paid.

3. (usually in the plural, cricket, chiefly Australia) An extra.
   • 1954, Percy Taylor, Richmond?s 100 years of cricket: The Story of the Richmond Cricket Club, 1854-1954, unidentified page,

     The wicketkeeper for Williamstown had a bad day, as sundries topped the score with 30.

   • 1998, Donald Bradman, The Art of Cricket, page 167,

     In the modern era I sometimes feel the emphasis has erroneously shifted towards placing unwarranted importance on how few sundries are recorded.

   • 1999, Ashok Kumar, DPH Sports Series: Cricket, Discovery Publishing House, India, page 145,

     As for sundries, these are very often caused by erratic bowling or a nasty pitch.

Derived terms

• sundryman