The difference between Disparate and Incongruous
When used as adjectives, disparate means composed of inherently different or distinct elements, whereas incongruous means not similar or congruent.
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 Incongruous
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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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Incongruous as an adjective:
Not similar or congruent; not matching or fitting in.
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Incongruous as an adjective (math):
Of two numbers, with respect to a third, such that their difference can not be divided by it without a remainder.
Examples:
"20 and 25 are incongruous with respect to 4."