The difference between Disparate and Dissimilar
When used as adjectives, disparate means composed of inherently different or distinct elements, whereas dissimilar means not similar.
Disparate is also noun with the meaning: any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.
check bellow for the other definitions of Disparate and Dissimilar
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Disparate as an adjective:
Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.
Examples:
"The board of the company was decidedly disparate, with no two members from the same social or economic background."
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Disparate as an adjective:
Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs; also, less properly, utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common genus.
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Disparate as a noun (chiefly, in the plural):
Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.
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Dissimilar as an adjective:
Not similar; unalike; different