different between numerous vs multifarious

English

numerous (comparative more numerous, superlative most numerous)

Indefinitely large numerically, many.
There are numerous definitions of the word 'man'.

From Latin multif?rius.

multifarious (comparative more multifarious, superlative most multifarious)

Having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; made up of many differing parts; manifold.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist (translation by Lesley Brown), 225c.
  It is divided into parts that are too small and multifarious.
(law, of lawsuits) In which a party or a cause of action has been improperly or wrongfully joined together in the same suit, as in a misjoinder, perhaps as a result of a joinder of unrelated, distinct, independent parties or matters.

(having great diversity or variety;): diverse, various; See also Thesaurus:heterogeneous

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