The difference between Disparate and Mismatched
When used as adjectives, disparate means composed of inherently different or distinct elements, whereas mismatched means unsuitably matched.
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 Mismatched
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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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Mismatched as a verb:
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Mismatched as an adjective:
Unsuitably matched; ill joined.