The difference between Eclectic and Heterogeneous

When used as adjectives, eclectic means selecting a mixture of what appears to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles, whereas heterogeneous means diverse in kind or nature.


Eclectic is also noun with the meaning: someone who selects according to the eclectic method.

check bellow for the other definitions of Eclectic and Heterogeneous

  1. Eclectic as an adjective:

    Selecting a mixture of what appears to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles.

  2. Eclectic as an adjective:

    Unrelated and unspecialized; heterogeneous.

  1. Eclectic as a noun:

    Someone who selects according to the eclectic method.

  1. Heterogeneous as an adjective:

    Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.

    Examples:

    "He had a large and heterogeneous collection of books."

  2. Heterogeneous as an adjective (mathematics):

    Incommensurable because of different kinds.

  3. Heterogeneous as an adjective (physics, chemistry):

    Having more than one phase (solid, liquid, gas) present in a system or process.

  4. Heterogeneous as an adjective (chemistry):

    Visibly consisting of different components.

  5. Heterogeneous as an adjective (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.