different between heterogeneous vs disparate

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin heterogeneus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (heterogen?s, “of different kinds”), from ?????? (héteros, “other, another, different”) + ????? (génos, “kind”). Compare hetero- and -ous.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /h?.t?.??.?d?i?.ni?.?s/, /h?.t?.??o.d??.n?s/, /?h?t.??.d?i?.n?s/, /?h?t.???.d?i?.n?s/

Adjective

heterogeneous (comparative more heterogeneous, superlative most heterogeneous)

1. Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.
   • 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 6:

     With a vague curiosity I began to trace the outline of some of the heterogeneous impressions, trying meanwhile to curb the flights of macabre fancy which the place and its memories suggested.

2. (mathematics) Incommensurable because of different kinds.
3. (physics, chemistry) Having more than one phase (solid, liquid, gas) present in a system or process.
4. (chemistry) Visibly consisting of different components.
5. (computing) Of a network comprising different types of computers, potentially with vastly differing memory sizes, processing power and even basic underlying architecture; alternatively, of a data resource with multiple types of formats.

Synonyms

• (composed of diverse parts): diverse, manifold; See also Thesaurus:heterogeneous

Antonyms

• homogeneous

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

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

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.